“I never look the other way,” she says, and thankfully neither does Cutler’s documentary.

To its credit, it doesn't pull any punches on the tough side of her.

“Martha” feels like a far more comprehensible key to Stewart — who has been the subject of speculation, fascination, jokes that turn cruel and plenty of schadenfreude — than half a century of media attention has managed to find.

A film about a woman who embodies strength, perfection, and business savvy but also a woman who is tender, flawed, and made a mistake that put her in prison. Martha Stewart is a woman who contains multitudes, and Martha shows them all.