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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartTake note, Lars von Trier: This is how you do a truly funny, subversive movie about a woman’s obsession with the human body and sex.
- Wetlands makes the internal external; the secret, scary bits of female anatomy are on display in a way that isn’t meant to be particularly titillating to the male gaze.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijWhat makes the film so accessible despite its controversial subject matter is Wnendt’s total command of tone, which is never vulgar or intentionally out to shock.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneFor its general ludic obsession with all things generally thought of as disgusting, the German film Wetlands is stuck in the anal stage.
- 70VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasWetlands might have landed with the thud of empty shock value were Helen not such an innately engaging character, or Juri so commanding in the role.
- 70The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasGerman director David Wnendt and his co-writer, Claus Falkenberg, are determined to package one teenager’s unhygienic coming-of-age into a slick, funny, accessible romantic comedy. They mostly pull it off.
- 70Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerHelen's extreme behavior is at once a reaction to, and rebellion against, her mother and father (and their separation), which, along with a captivating go-for-broke lead turn by Juri, lends the film a poignancy to help offset the juvenile shock-tactic impulses.
- 69Film.comFilm.comJuri’s performance makes it impossible to divert your eyes from the screen, no matter how much you might want to, and a brave film that eventually succumbs to convention is still braver than most.
- 60CineVueCineVueWetlands can be an unusually intriguing, funny and entertaining visual experience.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfDank with the effluvia of a proudly unhygienic, sex-obsessed German teen, this frenetic adaptation of Charlotte Roche’s notorious 2008 best-seller is a standing dare to anyone who thinks the movies have gotten too tame.