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Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

Name: Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Director: Skye Borgman
Released: 2025
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

5.0/10

Fair

2025

TV-MA

Director

Skye Borgman

Runtime

102 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Skye Borgman’s documentary provides a sophisticated critique of how social norms and unregulated therapeutic structures can be weaponized. The film excels at dismantling the perceived sanctity of traditional parenting and religious-adjacent psychological guidance, framing these as sites of systemic harm. However, the film lacks significant breadth in racial and LGBTQ+ representation. The narrative remains focused on a localized, relatively homogeneous demographic within the Utah region, which limits its broader social scope. Ultimately, the work functions as a deep dive into power dynamics and ideological influence. It prioritizes the investigation of systemic abuse over the defense of traditional social hierarchies.

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Category Breakdown

Does Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The documentary focuses on a specific criminal case involving child welfare and psychological manipulation. There is no evidence of LGBTQ+ characters or narratives addressing non-straight relationships.

How does Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story portray gender?

Fair

The narrative centers on women occupying positions of social and psychological authority. It examines how these women leverage influence within traditional parenting and therapeutic frameworks.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story?

Limited

The subject matter is rooted in a specific regional context in Utah. The cast and subject matter appear to lack significant racial or ethnic diversity.

How does Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story represent religion and culture?

Good

The film deconstructs traditional Western and religious institutions. It critiques the corruption of communal and familial structures by examining the intersection of therapeutic practice and extremist ideology.

Does Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story include disability representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly center on disability. However, the subject matter involves psychological manipulation and the potential impact of trauma on neurocognitive development.

Present on Screen

Provides a sophisticated deconstruction of traditional Western and religious institutions.
Offers a strong critique of how extremist ideologies can corrupt communal and familial structures.
Explores complex power dynamics through the lens of female-led social influence.

Limited or Absent

Lacks significant racial and ethnic diversity in its subject matter and cast.
Provides no representation or narrative focus regarding LGBTQ+ identities.
Does not explicitly center or provide ability to act to characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.

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