Martha Stewart is not big on sharing her feelings. To the millions who greedily gobbled up scuttlebutt about her legendary meanness over the years, this is far from a news flash. And it might have proven an obstacle for some documentary filmmakers.
That knowledge explains why R.J. Cutler opens “Martha” by asking Stewart what she most dislikes. “That’s a hard question to answer,” Stewart says in her signature monotone, the voice she uses when she’s not selling you something. Her long list includes waste, inefficiency, avoidance and impatience—the knowns (“I dislike not paying attention to details”), on-brand unknowns (“I dislike aprons and housedresses”), and some opinions about color the filmmaker leaves unexplained.
