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Wetlands (2017 film)

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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

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

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

Cast

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Release

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

Reception

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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