Martha Stewart Hates That She Looks Like an ‘Old Lady’ in Netflix Doc

Martha Stewart shared a blunt review of her new Netflix documentary.

In an interview with the New York Times published on Wednesday, October 30, the lifestyle mogul, 83, criticized several aspects of RJ Cutler’s new film Marta, which was released the same day.

One of Stewart’s complaints was that the filmmaker used “very little” material from her archive in telling her life story, despite having “full access.”

“It was normal shockingshe said.

Stewart also took issue with her portrayal in the documentary, particularly the footage Cutler used of her at her estate in Bedford, NY near the end of the film.

‘Those last scenes where I look like a lonely old lady hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to put that away,” Stewart said. “And he refused. I hate those last scenes.”

Stewart explained that she “limped a little” in the scenes after tearing her Achilles tendon, but would have liked the film to show that she could “live through that and still work seven days a week.”

Other complaints from Stewart include the film’s “crappy” classical score (she says she asked for rap music) and the camera angles.

“He had three cameras pointed at me,” Stewart said. “And he chooses to use the ugliest angle. And I said to him, ‘Don’t use that corner! That’s not the prettiest angle. You had three cameras. Use the other corner.’ He wouldn’t change that.”

Stewart believes Cutler should have spent less time on her “extremely boring” 2004 trial and her federal prison sentence after being found guilty of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, among other charges, in connection with the stock sale.

“It wasn’t that important,” she said. “The trial and actual incarceration took less than two years of an 83-year-old life. I thought of it as a vacation, to tell you the truth.”

Cutler defended the documentary and told the new york times, “I’m really proud of this film and I admire Martha’s courage in commissioning me to make it.”

He said he wasn’t “surprised that it’s hard for her to see aspects of it.”

“It’s a movie, not a Wikipedia page,” he continued. “It’s the story of an incredibly interesting human being who is complicated, visionary and brilliant.”

Stewart also said she wished the film had showcased her love of travel (“My trip to Kilimanjaro wasn’t mentioned!”) and further highlighted the achievements of her eponymous magazine, Martha Stewart Living, which was published from 1990 to 2022.

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When I spoke exclusively to PEOPLE at the New York premiere of Marta on October 21, the culinary icon said that the film “lacked all the creativity in the publishing world and the media world, all of that is not really included in this film.”

Cutler told PEOPLE at the premiere, “It’s a remarkable story about a remarkable woman who has defined the world we live in, and the story has ups and downs, twists and every kind of movie drama you can imagine. would hope for.”

“It is a life that cannot be made into a movie, although I would say that if ever a life story deserves the big screen treatment, it is the life story of Martha Stewart, and we made that movie,” he says. added. “This is a movie about American womanhood, and it’s a movie about one of the most extraordinary American women who ever lived.”