Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

This documentary examines the case of Jodi Hildebrandt, a therapist based in Utah. The film explores her arrest for child abuse alongside Ruby Franke, a popular parenting YouTuber. The narrative follows how the escape of a young boy led to the discovery of a system of manipulation and abuse involving the two women.

Skye Borgman directed the film, which follows her 2022 project Girl in the Picture. It precedes three other works released in 2025: My Father, the BTK Killer, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, and this production. Produced by Fremantle in the United States, the movie has a runtime of 102 minutes. The cast features archive footage of Jodi Hildebrandt and Ruby Franke, and includes interviews with former clients Ethan Prete and Valerie Jackson, as well as Washington County Attorney Eric Clarke and Jessica Bate from the Santa Clara-Ivins Police Department.

On TMDB, the film holds a rating of 6.2/10 based on 70 votes.