Theranos whistleblower calls new film misleading and not a documentary

Former Theranos research engineer Tyler Shultz, who helped expose the company's faulty blood-testing technology, wrote an essay criticizing the recent film "You Can See Everything" as misleading. Shultz, who interned at Theranos through his grandfather former Secretary of State George Shultz, said the documentary presents a version of the device that was never used in the lab and omits key details about the company's regulatory violations.

"I wish I could have told director Nathan Fielder what I told New York Times reporter John Carreyrou when he started investigating her: Do not underestimate Elizabeth Holmes," Shultz wrote in a Stat News op-ed.

Shultz also disputed a scene in which Holmes displays a prototype on a kitchen table, stating that the device shown was not the one he worked with daily, which failed quality controls and produced inaccurate results. He described the film's setting—a modest two-bedroom condo—as inconsistent with Holmes' recent residence in a high-value estate linked to her partner Billy Evans.

While the film earned $15 million in its opening weekend, Shultz argues it should be regarded as entertainment rather than a documentary, warning that presenting it as factual could mislead audiences.