Wetlands (2017 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Wetlands
| image = Wetlands.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Emanuele Della Valle
| producer = Emanuele Della Valle
| writer = Emanuele Della Valle
| story =
| starring = Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Heather Graham
Christopher McDonald
Reyna de Courcy
Jennifer Ehle
| music = Trevor Gureckis
| cinematography = Barry Markowitz
| editing = Ray Hubley
| studio = Mediabend
Wetlands Productions
| distributor = Abramorama
| released = {{Film date|2017|9|15}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.
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
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Detective Babel "Babs" Johnson
- Heather Graham as Savannah
- Jennifer Ehle as Kate Sheehan
- Christopher McDonald as Detective Paddy "Red" Sheehan
- Reyna de Courcy as "Surfer Girl"
- Celeste O'Connor as Amy Johnson
- Murphy Guyer as Captain Schmidt
- Rob Morgan as Sergeant Walker
- Jake Weber as Sergeant McCulvey
- Barry Markowitz as "Lollipop"
- Louis Mustillo as Jimmy "Coconuts"
- Tyler Elliot Burke as Alfie
- Sean Ringgold as "Big G"
- Anthony Mackie
- Lauren LaVera as "Buttercup" / Pusher
- Pamela Dunlap as Mrs. Harrington
- Lynne Wintersteller as The Landlady
- Lou Morey as Kenny
- Peter Jacovini as Lollipop's Thug
- William Jacovini as Lollipop's Thug
- Vincent Riviezzo as Mobster
- Dona Gregorio as Lollipop's Girl
- Dana Kreitz as Stripper
- Justine Denea Cassady as Go-Go Dancer
- Natalie Paige Bentley as Party Girl
- Lillian Cartagena as Call Girl
- Darien Davis as Call Girl
- TJ Martin as Drunk Old Man
Release
The film was released in theaters on September 15, 2017.{{cite web|last=Desta|first=Yohana|title=Wetlands: How a First-Time Director Found Inspiration in Gritty New Jersey Surf Culture|date=29 August 2017|publisher=Vanity Fair|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/wetlands-movie-trailer|accessdate=11 December 2020}}
Reception
The film has a 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web|title=Wetlands|work=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wetlands_2017|accessdate=11 December 2020}} Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars.{{cite web|last=Sobczynski|first=Peter|title=Wetlands|date=15 September 2017|publisher=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wetlands-2017|accessdate=11 December 2020}} Alan Ng of Film Threat gave the film a 2 out of 5.{{cite web|last=Ng|first=Alan|title=Wetlands|date=15 September 2017|publisher=Film Threat|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/wetlands-2/|accessdate=11 December 2020}}
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."{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|title=Film Review: ‘Wetlands’|date=15 September 2017|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/wetlands-review-1202547008/|accessdate=11 December 2020}}
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Stronger on style than substance."{{cite web|last=Scheck|first=Frank|title='Wetlands': Film Review|date=14 September 2017|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wetlands-1039252|accessdate=11 December 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|5565254}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|wetlands_2017}}
Category:American crime thriller films
Category:2017 crime thriller films