Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything

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Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything

2025

1h 35m

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Biography

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Barbara Walters (Sept. 25, 1929-Dec. 30, 2022) didn't just report the news -- she made news. She was a true American original and a trailblazer who broke ground for women in broadcasting. The documentary gives viewers an intimate and raw look at her astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Walters, in her own words, also reflects on the high price of fame and the legacy she hoped to inspire.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

Seen through a different lens, it’s also fascinating — a rather thrilling history of television journalism, as seen through Walters’s life.

Jun 27, 2025

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Jeremy Barr

Washington Post

It’s an extremely thorough and enjoyable recap of the life of an extraordinary, pioneering television journalist. But it never really goes deeper than that.

Jun 23, 2025

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Christian Blauvelt

IndieWire

Is it fair of us now to ask her to do have done more to initiate real change? Probably not. That’s easy enough for us to say with the hindsight of 2025. “Tell Me Everything” is sharp enough not to ask that of her either.

Rated: B+

Jun 13, 2025

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Tom Santilli

Movie Show Plus

It left me with a deep respect for her drive, her ambition, and the impact she made.

Rated: A-

Jul 11, 2025

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Carla Renata

The Curvy Film Critic

Barbara Walters was the pioneer of normalizing that women can and will succeed at nearly everything men dared us not to accomplish. This uplifting,eye-opening doc is anything but dull - just like Barbara Walters would have wanted it.

Jul 8, 2025

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

In a world where interviews are now self-produced, filtered, and commodified in real time, Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything reminds us of a time when asking the right question — and really listening to the answer — was an art form in itself.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 7, 2025

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Jace T

I was still really young when Barbara Walters was at some of the heights of her career, so I never really paid much attention to her, or her legacy. This documentary really opened my eyes to the legend and legacy she has created for many many people, especially woman. This film shows a person who is fearless and bold, but yet can connect with anyone. With the way the world operates now a days, she was a pinnacle foundation in creating how news and interviews happen. RIP to a real heroin and idol.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/05/25

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Garry A

I loved how this was a warts and all documentary. I liked learning about the dark side of her success.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/03/25

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Les N

Fascinating...ahead of her time for America.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Stephen C

Real footage in 1 hour and 35 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/03/25

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S S

BW was always boring and still is. This documentary is no deep dive. Although not entirely complimentary, it is mainly a puff piece. I got more of a sense that she was in the right place at the right time rather than a real maverick or trail blazer. There are other way smarter female journalists who were that! She may have led the way for female TV journalists in the US, but outside of that arena she didn't contribute much. In fact I think she did harm. Her intrusive, salacious questions, that some praised her for and became her trademark, did actual harm and her interviews were and are incredibly cringy to watch. Today, celebrities refuse to answer such questions and walk out of interviews when they feel violated!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Barbara Walters (Sept. 25, 1929-Dec. 30, 2022) didn't just report the news -- she made news. She was a true American original and a trailblazer who broke ground for women in broadcasting. The documentary gives viewers an intimate and raw look at her astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Walters, in her own words, also reflects on the high price of fame and the legacy she hoped to inspire.

Director: Jackie Jesko
Producer: Marcella Steingart, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Meredith Kaulfers
Distributor: Hulu
Production Co: Imagine Documentaries, ABC News Studios
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 23, 2025
Runtime: 1h 35m

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