Where the Crawdads Sing

M
2022
|
126 mins
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Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) leads this mystery drama as a woman who raised herself in the marshes of the deep... More

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Where the Crawdads Sing | Ratings & Reviews

"For a story about sex, murder, family secrets and class resentments, the temperature is awfully mild, as if a Tennessee Williams play had been sent to Nicholas Sparks for a rewrite."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"A lot of this gutless, often silly, film’s issues are the book’s, beautifully realised and thus reified..."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Newman’s film gets enough right to be just as solid as a summer cinematic distraction as Owens’ book was as beachside literature."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

"(Edgar-Jones is) in a league of her own. She’s better than everyone around her. And she’s certainly better than this muddled effort."

The TimesThe Times

"Where the Crawdads Sing works best when it embraces its own true nature as a popcorn movie."

IndieWireIndieWire

"The film is a self-serious, but consciously aesthetically pleasing, adaptation of a, frankly, silly soap opera."

Slash FilmSlash Film

"It feels exceedingly rushed, as the actors hit their marks and deliver their monologues with a sense of obligation to moving the plot along rather than developing character."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"Newman’s work adapting (the book) makes its derivative elements as obvious as a bad accent, but its chart-topping, tone-deaf mediocrity is faithfully replicated."

PastePaste

"A mystery so messy not even Taylor Swift can save it."

The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail

"Newman’s clunky and programmatic film never conjures up much of a mood."

Vanity FairVanity Fair

"Compelling..."

VarietyVariety

"The film tends toward cliche, packed with underdeveloped performances and unearned plot twists."

Screen DailyScreen Daily

"Where the Crawdads Sing is a weirdly uncomfortable movie, on many different levels."

ColliderCollider

"Kya’s beauty and delicateness are so over-emphasized that she comes off more manic pixie dream girl than misanthropic protagonist."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

Where the Crawdads Sing | Details

Rating
M, Violence & sex scenes
Runtime
126
Genre
Drama
Country of origin
USA

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