Monday, January 20, 2014

Sundance Review: Wetlands - 3 stars

From Germany, Wetlands is about a girl named Helen Memel.  She's obsessed with sex, she likes to shock and offend whenever she can, and she has a lot of trouble with hemorrhoids and anal fissures.  But her main goal in life is to get her divorced parents back together.  When she goes to the hospital for an operation, she sees an opportunity.  If she can get her parents to arrive at the same time, maybe their concern for her will make them realize how much she needs them to be together.  When the reunion doesn't happen, she conspires to stay in the hospital for as long as it takes.

This is a really graphic movie.  There is a lot of sex and nudity, and I think every bodily fluid is on screen at some point.  Some of it is over the top and gratuitous, but if you have the stomach for it, the movie is enjoyable.  Helen is an interesting character, and I was never bored by this story.

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