Wetlands (2017 film)
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| 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 |
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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
[edit]A disgraced Philadelphia police detective attempts to make a new start in Atlantic City with the help of his daughter and new partner.
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]The film was released in theaters on September 15, 2017.[2]
Reception
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Harvey, Dennis (15 September 2017). "Film Review: 'Wetlands'". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wetlands". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Sobczynski, Peter (15 September 2017). "Wetlands". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Ng, Alan (15 September 2017). "Wetlands". Film Threat. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Scheck, Frank (14 September 2017). "'Wetlands': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
External links
[edit]- Wetlands at IMDb
- Wetlands at Rotten Tomatoes