Movie review: America’s favorite sex therapist will charm the socks off you in 'Ask Dr. Ruth'
Author, sex therapist and media personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer is the subject of the documentary “Ask Dr. Ruth.” By Pat Padua April 29 at 1:19 PM Rating:
That’s how filmmaker Ryan White opens his documentary “Ask Dr. Ruth,” a winning profile of the 90-year old author, therapist and media personality. Dr. Ruth, as Westheimer is more commonly known, welcomes the film crew to her Manhattan apartment by offering cookies — and asking an unseen crew member, “Did you call your mother?” With instincts so maternal, and a personality so disarming, one can’t help but listen to her talk, much more frankly, about blush-worthy body parts and bedroom activity.
For the most part, White, who made the Netflix true crime docuseries “The Keepers,” simply gets out of his subject’s way, letting her win you over with her sunny demeanor.Dr. Ruth Westheimer is the charismatic centerpiece of the documentary “Ask Dr. Ruth.” Born Karola Ruth Siegel in 1928 Germany, Dr. Ruth last saw her parents, who were killed in the Holocaust, when she was 10 years old.
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