Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes documentary captivates NYC moviegoers

Well, documentaries rarely achieve high box office numbers, but the story of Elizabeth Holmes is different. Yeah, the new film about the Theranos fraudster is captivating moviegoers. Fox Fox 5's Sharon Crowley went to find out why. The true life story of convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes seems to be capturing the curiosity of audiences once again here in New York City and around the country. Does any part of you worry about me being here 24/7? I don't think so. The nearly three-hour-long documentary, You Can See Everything, about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who is currently doing time for defrauding investors, is doing far better than expected, earning $15 million its opening weekend, an extraordinary amount of money for a documentary. What if I see something that makes you look bad? The documentary, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, tells the true story of the rise and fall of Holmes. She was found guilty of defrauding investors who put millions into her blood testing company, Theranos. She falsely claimed to have revolutionized the healthcare industry with a machine that could perform hundreds of medical tests with just a drop of blood. She became a billionaire until her technology was exposed as a hoax. In 2022, she was convicted of wire fraud and other charges. I think we're so used to stories of men doing horrible things that when a woman does something that is bad, not to like let her off the hook, but like it's fascinating to people that a woman would do something bad. The documentary's success taking many industry insiders by surprise and has others wondering why the public is still so intrigued by her life. Elizabeth Holmes is such a strange subject with so many words out there about her. And I think Nathan Fielder is such an unconventional storyteller. So seeing how he's going to render her story is interesting to me. She's so hard to read. She's not a typical person that it's easy for us to understand. New York City film critic Neil Rosen explains why he thinks the documentary is getting traction with a new generation of theatergoers. There's something about Elizabeth Holmes that has somehow captured the attention of people. People are really curious about this. Holmes is still in prison, but she is expected to be released to a halfway house later next year. On the Upper East Side, Sharon Crowley, Fox 5 News. So we watched this over the weekend, and I'm still perplexed. I don't know if she's manipulating or it's so bizarre. I just I sat there and I I still don't know how to feel. It's a wild ride. I can't recommend it enough Yeah, it is completely like unlike anything you've ever seen But but like the close-ups and everything can tell me that it could be you know, best pictures could be some yeah Something it breaks new ground. It's fascinating. It's long, but you are never bored