HBO documentary Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind offers emotional bombshells

Los Angeles Times

"In HBO’s documentary film Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, Robert Wagner is asked multiple questions about that terrible night in 1981 when Wood, his wife, drowned off Catalina Island after an evening of drinking on their yacht with actor Christopher Walken," says Lorraine Ali. "Wagner, now 90, wearily goes through the details of a tragedy that’s defined his public image for nearly 40 years. Though Wood’s death was originally ruled an accident, conjecture about it has consistently sold tabloids, books and true crime productions. What Remains Behind, which premieres Tuesday, is not part of that machine. Co-produced by Wood’s daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner, it tenderly chronicles the effect her death had on her family and on the public by emphasizing how much she meant to all of them in life. Far from a true crime Hollywood whodunit, the big bombshells in this film are emotional."

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• Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind has the sheen of a “nothing to see here” Hollywood P.R. job
• The documentary is a respectful, though not necessarily varnished, look at what made Wood one of the most dazzling actors of the last half of the 20th century