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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

2020

Laurent Bouzereau

Documentary, Self: Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Robert Redford ...

6.2

328

Documentary Natalie Wood literally grew up in the public eye, appearing in films alongside legends like Orson Wells and playing iconic characters like the little girl in Miracle on 34th Street. Into adulthood, Wood delivered indelible performances and changed the lives of many, including help launch the film career of Robert Redford after seeing him on stage in New York. In the minds of many, Natalie Wood’s remarkable life and career have been ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"More agreeable than it is compelling"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[I] does an admirable job of demonstrating what made Wood special, not just to her daughter, but generations of fans."	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"But despite its intention to redirect public attention to the actress's life and art, the film ultimately starts to seem as anxious and evasive as a witness in a murder investigation (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times	"It tenderly chronicles the effect her death had on her family and on the public (...) Far from a true crime Hollywood whodunit, the big bombshells in this film are emotional."	POS
United States	Kristen Lopez IndieWire	"It’s almost ironic that despite the attempts to give 'What Remains Behind' a more authentic mien, so much remains mired in conjecture and hearsay (...) But is a sweet eulogy from a daughter to her mother."	NEU
United States	Lorraine Ali Chicago Tribune	"[It] offer another way to look at the great Natalie Wood. She was a larger-than-life success story (...) She was also a mother who was torn from her kids too soon. This film is a love letter from one of those kids."	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"If you’re as fascinated with Wood’s life and career as we are, [it] will be a font of information you may not have already known about (...) But it certainly isn’t a place to get the definitive account of her death"	NEU

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