Martha Behind Bars
MOVIE: CBS, Sunday 9/25 at 9:00p (120 minutes)


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Starring Cybill Shepherd, Gale Harold, Sabine Singh, Jonathan Higgins, Alan C. Peterson, and David Alpay

Cybill Shepherd plays Martha Stewart in a made-for-TV movie for the second time in this look at the events leading up to (and life in prison after) Stewart's trial and conviction on insider trading charges.

GENRE(S):	Biography, Drama, True Story
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 25, 2005

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Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

Fortunately, "Bars" doesn't take itself or its subject too terribly seriously, allowing for the material's camp value to seep through.

Variety Brian Lowry

All told, the movie's a respectable and mostly watchable recounting of this notorious chapter in Stewart's storied career, despite being so stiff and formal that it never really comes alive.

Entertainment Weekly Tim Stack

It comes off feeling cheap and mean. [23 Sep 2005, p.84]

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

Shepherd scores in a so-so docudrama.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Viewers who like to snicker at cheesy TV movies will get a kick out of Shepherd's imperious and demanding take on Stewart.

Washington Post Tom Shales

Where the previous movie aspired to be a camp classic, "Martha Behind Bars" takes itself more seriously, and less entertainingly.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

A boring prison-sentence of a silly biopic.

Flak Magazine Bob Cook

Disappointly uncampy, even on its own terms.