Wetlands (2017 film)

Wetlands is a 2017 American crime thriller film written and directed by Emanuele Della Valle and starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Heather Graham, Christopher McDonald, Reyna De Courcy and Jennifer Ehle. Michael Shamberg served as an executive producer of the film.[1]

Wetlands
Film poster
Directed byEmanuele Della Valle
Written byEmanuele Della Valle
Produced byEmanuele Della Valle
StarringAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Heather Graham
Christopher McDonald
Reyna de Courcy
Jennifer Ehle
CinematographyBarry Markowitz
Edited byRay Hubley
Music byTrevor Gureckis
Production
companies
Mediabend
Wetlands Productions
Distributed byAbramorama
Release date
  • September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

A disgraced Philadelphia police detective attempts to make a new start in Atlantic City with the help of his daughter and new partner.

Cast

Release

The film was released in theaters on September 15, 2017.[2]

Reception

The film has a 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3] Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars.[4] Alan Ng of Film Threat gave the film a 2 out of 5.[5]

Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Apparently moviemaking keeps getting easier while writing keeps getting harder — Wetlands being yet another example of a film whose surface technical polish can only do so much to gloss over the coarse, clumsy screenplay that flummoxes its cast."[1]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Stronger on style than substance."[6]

References
  1. Harvey, Dennis (15 September 2017). "Film Review: 'Wetlands'". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. Desta, Yohana (29 August 2017). "Wetlands: How a First-Time Director Found Inspiration in Gritty New Jersey Surf Culture". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. "Wetlands". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. Sobczynski, Peter (15 September 2017). "Wetlands". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. Ng, Alan (15 September 2017). "Wetlands". Film Threat. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. Scheck, Frank (14 September 2017). "'Wetlands': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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