John Karilu has watched “You Can See Everything” twice already.

This journalist, with his award-winning investigative reports for The Wall Street Journal, helped uncover the fraud committed by the blood testing startup Theranos. He told Business Insider that he really enjoyed this documentary, which focuses on the 34 days before Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of Theranos, reported to federal prison in 2023.

This film, co-directed by Nathan Field and Lance Oppenheim, has elicited a range of reactions from the audience, ranging from shock and boredom to sympathy for Holmes.

Karilu does not agree with this ambiguity.

“This movie is a great work of art, but don’t confuse this art with the facts behind it,” he said to Business Insider.

This also coincides with his statements on X. Karilu has been counterattacking those who accused him of “not understanding this movie” – their argument is that Holmes cannot be truly understood.

"She went all out against Taylor Schultz and Erica Zhang," he wrote, referring to two company whistleblowers who were at the center of his reports in 2015. "For months on end, I was threatened with lawsuits every day. This was a brutal cover-up operation, aimed at concealing a shocking fraud, and she was in control of it all."

"A few readers criticized me for 'not understanding this movie,' yet what the film clearly aims to convey is that Elizabeth Holmes is unpredictable, and everything is shrouded in ambiguity. My response is: she launched a full-scale attack on Tyler Schulz and Erica Zhang. For months on end, I faced threats of lawsuits every day. It was a brutal cover-up attempt to conceal a shocking fraud, and she was at the helm of it all. Just to provide some background for those who have forgotten or did not follow the original reports. By the way, I really enjoyed this movie. #BestPicture, in my opinion." — John Carillu (@JohnCarreyrou), October 18, 2026

He also shared an interview with Schultz from Monday morning. In the interview, Schultz said that Holmes “knew what she did wrong,” and mentioned that during the filming of the video, when she was asked to show the hardware related to Theranos, she produced another device instead.

This documentary does not reiterate every detail of the Theranos scandal, nor does it provide a comprehensive review of the reports that exposed the scandal. Instead, it takes the audience into Holmes' home to present her stance on being wrongly convicted.

For the audience, this raises an even bigger question: performance, self-deception, and whether the protagonist in the film can truly be trusted completely.

Karilu said to Business Insider, "If the audience still has questions after watching, or if they want to learn more about the background of the Theranos event, I would suggest that they read my book."

At the end of his post on X, he said that he “really liked this movie” and also mentioned the film’s early success at the Oscars.

“# BestPicture, in my opinion,” he wrote.