The reporter who exposed Elizabeth Holmes' fraud responds to people who say he's 'missing the point of the film'

John Carreyrou has seen "You Can See Everything" twice.

The reporter, whose award-winning inquiry for The Wall Street Journal helped bring downward blood-testing startup Theranos, told Business Insider that he liked the documentary. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the startup's CEO, in the 34 days before she reported to national jail in 2023.

The movie — co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim — has inspired a mix of reactions from viewers, ranging from daze to boredom to sympathy for Holmes.

Carreyrou doesn't see that ambiguity.

"The movie is a awesome part of art, but let's not confuse that art alongside the underlying facts," he told Business Insider.

It mirrors what he's been penning on X. Carreyrou has been pushing rear on group who, he said, had accused him of "missing the point" of the movie — namely, that Holmes is unknowable.

"She went following Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung alongside everything she had," he wrote, referring to the two business whistleblowers at the center of his 2015 story. "I was threatened alongside litigation on a regular basis for months on end. It was a ruthless cover-up of a stunning fraud, and she was at the controls."

He has additionally reposted a Monday dawn interview alongside Schultz, who stated that Holmes "knows that she did item wrong," and alleged that, during the film, she brought out a distinct equipment whenever she was asked to display Theranos' hardware.

The documentary does not retrace all item of the Theranos controversy or the reporting that exposed it. Instead, it puts viewers inner Holmes' residence as she insists that she was wrongly convicted.

For audiences, it's raised bigger questions concerning performance, self-deception, and whether the film's topic can always be completely believed.

Carreyrou has told Business Insider that if audiences "have questions afterward or desire additional environment concerning the Theranos saga, I would advance them to peruse my book."

He ended his X article by saying he "loved the film." He additionally gave a nod to its first Oscar buzz.

"#BestPicture, IMO," he wrote.