Carla Juri does a wonderful job as a girl who is remarkably curious, unfiltered, and unashamed -- everything youth should be.

| May 9, 2023

Gross and funny, the film wisely understands how to adapt Charlotte Roche's far more controversial and shocking source material in a way that's palatable to audiences. Carla Juri is a delight

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 1, 2022

An uncompromising comedy.

| Jun 10, 2020

Wetlands is gross, complicated and dysfunctional and honestly I wouldn't want it any other way. The film, much like its protagonist, isn't an easy film to love, but those who look beyond the shock will find it has a heart.

| May 29, 2020

Wetlands is a film that gloriously embraces a frank exploration of human bodily functions like no other, a veritable 'warts and all' endeavor, if you will, that's refreshing, funny, and most importantly, memorable.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 5, 2019

A film that is always vibrantly alive with a sense of self discovery and even wonder - at the world, at life, at the human body, and it does so without any self consciousness or forced sincerity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 7, 2019

In spite of an early disclaimer that states "This book shouldn't be read or adapted to film," taken from a letter to the editor from Bild Online, you're glad Wnendt and company went ahead and did it anyway.

| Nov 15, 2018

Wetlands is dirty, explicit, romantic, tragic, psychedelic, raunchy, sexy, repulsive fun, and I loved every minute of it.

| Nov 6, 2017

... The film is packed with subtle, feminist riffs on romantic movie clichés...

| Sep 21, 2017

This story is entirely Helen's, and there has never been a character like her in the history of film or literature.

| Aug 4, 2017

Helen is really rad and funny and brave.

| Dec 5, 2016

John Waters said that only through laughter you can open your mind to new and different points of view. I think that's what Wetlands is all about.

| Apr 13, 2015

Wetlands is provocative, a test for the audience, and just when you think you've seen it all, the movie will challenge you in a whole new level.

| Apr 13, 2015

Carla Juri easy on the eyes, but I got tired of the dead end flashbacks and fantasy sequences. I did not care for most of the gross-out scenes and I got tired of Helen's incessant narcissism, naïveté and irresponsibility as well.

| Original Score: C | Feb 2, 2015

"Wetlands" tells a fairly conventional story in about the most unconventional ways imaginable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2014

Even if Wetlands were far less entertaining, it would still be a calling card for Juri's star-is-born performance. The beguiled viewer watches her and thinks, "Bingo!"

| Oct 16, 2014

The right viewer will find it a singular, even somewhat moving experience. And no film will provide better motivation for you to clean the bathroom this weekend.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 10, 2014

So joyfully perverse, its shocks sometimes seem almost playful, which is refreshing as Helen works out her kinks by celebrating them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 9, 2014

A big blast of filthy energy.

| Sep 25, 2014

Sets new standards for the frank spotlighting of bodily functions.

Full Review | Sep 22, 2014