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Director R.J. Cutler offers us an unfiltered look inside the life of Martha Stewart, the original influencer. Martha weaves a wealth of materials—interviews with Stewart and her friends and family, extraordinary archival footage, never-before-seen excerpts from her private journals and correspondence—into a study of a visionary entrepreneur. Cutler tracks Stewart’s early life and fast rise from model to caterer to TV and print megastar (let’s not forget: Martha was the U.S.’s first female self-made millionaire) and never hesitates to ask the hard questions about the price of fame and the pressures of being a perfect homemaker. The film captures the moments when the public turned on their once-beloved icon—“Why do so many people hate you?” asks Barbara Walters—and tracks Stewart’s precipitous fall from grace. We marvel at her resilience and determination, which got her through intensely challenging times, including her stint in prison, and allowed her, improbably again, to rise once more. (Telluride Film Festival)
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Martha Stewart
USA
Best movies:
What Women Want (2000)
Big Trouble (2002)
Men in Black II (2002)