In Praise Of The Film: "You Can See Everything"

Let us continue with something uplifting. I am going to make a movie recommendation. Yesterday I spent over 2 hours and fifty-four minutes with my eyes glued to the screen, sitting through an incredible documentary talking about the disgraced Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes. The film is "You Can See Everything." Here is the IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt45368240/?ref_=fn_t_1 Ladies, before I begin a serious critique of this film, let us have a little fun. The film's title was based on one film clip. It showed Billy Evans, Elizabeth's husband, showering. It is a full frontal male nude. Those are very rare in US and British films. Female actors are routinely shown in full frontal nudes. (Elena says not every female actor agrees to such things. Body doubles are sometimes used.) What is the difference between an OK and a brilliant stage play, streaming show, television show, or mass circulation theater movie? It comes down to two things as follows: 1) People in the audience watching exclaim, "Oh my gosh, that is the way it is!" 2) There is brilliant character development where you get a good picture of who the main characters are and the forces that shaped their lives. This film touches both boxes and then some! What I came away with was a profound fascination with the warped genius of Elizabeth Holmes. She is one of the most convincing human beings that I have encountered in my entire life. I will leave you to watch the movie and make your own conclusions. Many people question Elizabeth's sanity. Her husband, who is very close to and devoted to her, says that she is sane but thinks differently than most of the human race. He could be right. Where did Elizabeth fail at Theranos? Her incredible powers of persuasion made it possible for Theranos to raise $1 billion. In my personal life, I would have rented a room or lived in a one-bedroom apartment. I would have driven a humble late-model car. The whole billion would have gone to major scientists and biomedical engineers to develop that blood testing machine. She could have succeeded and moved health care technology forward. (After Elizabeth's big failures, great strides have been made in revolutionizing blood testing.) Instead, Elizabeth and her partner Sonny used the money to finance a lavish lifestyle. The documentary continues into the over 4 years that Elizabeth has spent at the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. From inside jail, Elizabeth and her husband are launching Theranos II. This time they are hiring great scientists and engineers. Great use is being made of A.I. Billy Evans has developed great skills in medical science. There is a final mystery about Elizabeth's prison sentence. A normal inmate getting an 11-year sentence automatically gets 3 years taken off the prison sentence for good behavior. This means that they actually must serve 8 years. At 7.5 years into the sentence, the inmate is allowed to leave prison and go to a community treatment center (halfway house). In Elizabeth's case, she has a wealthy husband and a home to return to. She would not even get this 6-month sentence reduction. In this case, Elizabeth is going to a community treatment center in Austin, Texas, in August of 2027 after serving just a little more than 5 years of her sentence. President Trump did not give her a pardon or a sentence commutation. They went through the Bureau of Prisons bureucracy to give Elizabeth a big break.