Wetlands (2017 film)

Wetlands
Film poster
Directed by	Emanuele Della Valle
Written by	Emanuele Della Valle
Produced by	Emanuele Della Valle
Starring	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Heather Graham Christopher McDonald Reyna de Courcy Jennifer Ehle
Cinematography	Barry Markowitz
Edited by	Ray Hubley
Music by	Trevor Gureckis
Production companies	Mediabend Wetlands Productions
Distributed by	Abramorama
Release date	September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

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. ^[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.

External links

• Wetlands at IMDb
• Wetlands at Rotten Tomatoes