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  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and sho...

Directed By: Ryan White

  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Ask Dr. Ruth

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and sho...

Directed By: Ryan White

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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83
Apr 29, 2019
As a documentary, Ask Dr. Ruth has it kind of easy: It’s got an enchanting subject eager to tell a fascinating story.
By Josh Modell FULL REVIEW
75
May 8, 2019
It’s not a particularly revealing film, more a reiteration of her credits and credentials, just a hint here and there about how her parents’ influenced her career choice, even after death. Her son Joel tries to remember Ruth ever talking about losing her parents to The Holocaust. She didn’t unless he or his sister asked.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
May 3, 2019
The film does a great job of contextualizing the phenom of Dr. Ruth.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 29, 2019
Fortunately, the [animated] reenactments are rendered with sensitivity, respectfully capturing the wide-eyed curiosity of a young woman, and conveying her story in a way that archival footage and family photos cannot.
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW
71
May 9, 2019
It’s her unstoppability, her tireless drive to see through the work she believes needs doing in the field of sexual enlightenment that gives Ask Dr. Ruth real urgency, lifting what’d be an otherwise breezy character portrait to near essential levels.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
60
May 9, 2019
The experience of watching Ask Dr. Ruth is a bit like that of meeting someone unaccountably delightful and almost being knocked backward by the gale-force strength of her personality, and then wanting to go out and buy one of her books so as to actually learn something about her ideas.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 7, 2019
The irony at the core of the Dr. Ruth persona is that the maverick who made the bedroom public is herself incredibly private, and while she encourages women to get intimate with their bodies, she’s not in touch with her own emotions. Still, she is vocal about respecting boundaries, and White acquiesces, trusting that the facts of Westheimer’s life say plenty about her peppy workaholism.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Delirio Films, Neko Productions, Tripod Media
Release Date May 10, 2019
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Size Doesn't Matter
Website https://www.hulu.com/movie/ask-dr-ruth-9dab1fcf-8f61-49f6-a2f1-531000a383e5
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Calgary Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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