The premise of Laurent Bouzereau's 'Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind' wants to "explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death." The documentary works when it focuses on her career, personal life, and the strides she made for equality for female actors. Some precious and rare footage, photos, and words from her show up in this welcome look at the famous actress. Yet things go terribly off when a good portion of the screen time is given over to recounting the circumstances and controversies around her drowning. It feels like the film is trying too hard to set the record straight - a popular opinion is that Wood's husband, Robert Wagner, was directly involved in her death. Whatever the intentions to make this more of a tribute to Wood's career and life, they director and producers couldn't quite resist the lure of scandal and controversy.
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
(2020 TV Movie)
Couldn't quite resist the lure of scandal and controversy
10 May 2020