Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: May 5, 2020
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Kristen Lopez
    May 5, 2020
    58
    For classic film fans who consume any Old Hollywood media, “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind” is light on new revelations — but is a sweet eulogy from a daughter to her mother. Go in knowing who’s controlling the narrative and you’ll get what is expected.
  2. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    May 1, 2020
    50
    The mystery of her demise looms over this reclamation project like low-hanging storm clouds, and the film suffers from its decision to avoid looking up unless it has to.
  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Jul 13, 2020
    40
    Any hope of searing honesty from an interview about [Natalie Wood's drowning death] was dashed by Gregson Wagner’s approach. ... This needed a sharp interlocutor, not a loving daughter. As a straightforward eulogy to Wood, with high calibre contributors (Robert Redford, Mia Farrow) and fond reminisces from family members, it worked. ... But what remained behind was the feeling that we were only being given part of the picture.