OK, let’s just start with what I do not know. Because I am not Elizabeth Holmes, I do not know what is going on inside the head of the former biotech superstar convicted in 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy after the much-vaunted blood-testing technology of her company, Theranos, turned out to be mostly smoke and mirrors. I do not know why Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, invited two filmmakers, Nathan Fielder (better known as a cringe comedian, in shows like “Nathan for You” and “The Rehearsal”) and Lance Oppenheim (“Primetime”), into their home to film Holmes’ final days of freedom before beginning an 11-year federal prison sentence in 2023. But I do know this: “You Can See Everything,” the resultant documentary, is utterly fascinating — a three-hour labyrinth that leaves you wondering what is truth, what is performance and what lies somewhere in between.

“You Can See Everything” has two distinct halves, of which I’m only going to describe the first one (you deserve to have the same ride that I had). The first part of the film shows us Fielder (Oppenheim is mostly off camera) hanging out with Holmes and Evans at their rented California beach house as they care for their two small children, walk on the shore and make plans for her departure. And it is often simultaneously dull, in the way that everyday life is, and weirdly mesmerizing.

Holmes, her enormous blue eyes shining like a CGI effect, is ever-smiling, telling the deadpan Fielder repeatedly that she committed no crime, she’s never tried to deceive anyone, she’s never intentionally told a lie in her life and “all I know is my truth.” She nods constantly, as if trying to elicit agreement; she cries often, whether from her upcoming ordeal or something buried more deeply. Fielder clearly has no idea what to make of this woman, or of the handsomely opaque Evans; the filmmaker is our representative onscreen, as puzzled by it all as we are.

And then, roughly 90 minutes in, Holmes departs for prison — “You’ve got this,” she tells Fielder warmly — and things take a turn; the film twists inside-out on itself, and you might find yourself gasping in astonishment. (I did.) “You Can See Everything” doesn’t tell us what to think, whether Holmes is an innocent victim of sexism and honest mistakes or a scheming fraudster whose every word is false isn’t really answered (though Evans emerges a bit less enigmatic). But it leaves you questioning, thinking, immersed, engaged, putting the puzzle pieces together long afterward. As a crucial player says late in the film, smiling, “It’s very complicated.” “You Can See Everything” isn’t a conventional documentary, but I know this: It’s a great one.

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'YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING'

4 stars (out of 4)

MPA rating: R (for language and some graphic nudity)

Running time: 2:54

How to watch: In theaters Oct. 16

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