Ask E. Jean

NOT RATED
2025
1 HR, 31 min
JUL 31 → AUG 6

A pretty older woman with platinum bobbed hair purses her lips

Details

NOT RATED

Released 2025

United States

1 hour, 31 minutes

Abramorama

English

Starring

E. Jean Carroll
Lisa Birnbach
Roberta Kaplan

Director

Ivy Meeropol

ASK E. JEAN is the thrilling story of E. Jean Carroll’s life, from her early days as Miss Cheerleader USA to her rise as a trailblazing journalist, author, and beloved advice columnist. Carroll broke barriers as the first female editor at Esquire, Playboy, and Outside, helping to redefine women’s roles in media with her sharp wit and fearless voice. In recent years, she reignited public discourse by standing up to power, becoming the only woman to beat Donald Trump twice in court, and sparking a national conversation about truth, accountability, and resilience. This film is a portrait of an indomitable woman who proved it’s never too late to reclaim your voice, rewrite your story, and change the world.

Film Stills

Older blonde woman looks at her phone as she holds it close to her face with a pen in her mouth.

Two women engaged in an animated discussion over a meal in a restaurant booth. Wall in background is an illustrated mural.

Older blonde woman in black sequins and sunglasses is passenger in a car.

A blonde woman in a black and white sleeveless mod dress peers out a rain-covered window as a bus goes by.

A happy woman smiles with outstretched arms while seated at a restaurant table holding plates of food.

Full Cast

E. Jean Carroll Self

Lisa Birnbach Self

Roberta Kaplan Self

Additional Credits

Ivy Meeropol Director

Reviews

“Whether in voiceover snippets of her writing, clips of her mid-’90s talk show or interviews from the present, what shines through bright as day is her personality: curious, mischievous and candid, without pretense and also not without warmth.”

Angie Han

The Hollywood Reporter

“To Carroll, it was always her name and reputation that mattered the most, anyway. Watching her defiantly claim both is what makes “Ask E. Jean” a most rewarding experience.”

Tomris Laffly

Variety

“Because this story is handled with a great amount of care, it balances eliciting a plethora of scoffs and laughter from its viewers, a perfect mirror of Carroll’s habit of countering conflict with comedy.”

Cortlyn Kelly

RogerEbert.com