The Deliberately Obtuse Truthiness of You Can See Everything

A spoiler-free review of You Can See Everything detours into truth, unreliable memories, and the alleged sexual history of my high-school Volkswagen.

I went to a movie about Elizabeth Holmes. My high-school Volkswagen has requested a correction.

The Riff. October 25, 2026

I saw You Can See Everything, the Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim movie about Elizabeth Holmes. It begins with the Theranos founder allowing a film crew into her life thirty-four days before she’s due to report to prison.

That is quite a time to have company.

Most of us would be canceling subscriptions and trying to remember who borrowed the ladder. She agreed to Nathan Fielder.

It’s a wonderfully twisted movie. It sent me thinking about truth, memory, and how an orange Volkswagen called Ben’s Boogie Bus acquired a reputation its owner couldn’t substantiate.

I built the stereo. Somebody else supplied the scandal.

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