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. Premise. A disgraced Philadelphia police detective attempts to make a new start in Atlantic City with the help of his daughter and new partner. Release. The film was released in theaters on September 15, 2017. Reception. The film has a 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. Alan Ng of  Film Threat gave the film a 2 out of 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." Frank Scheck of "The Hollywood Reporter" also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Stronger on style than substance."