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"Where The Crawdads Sing" dir. by Olivia Newman


"Where the Crawdads Sing"

Spoiler alert: no crawdads sing.

A murder mystery romance drama set in the marshlands of North Carolina.

I definitely enjoyed this movie even though it's nothing groundbreaking... but I was shocked to see it's 34% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (albeit the audience rating is 97%.) It's engaging in its murder mystery plot and has a lot of strength in its character development of the protagonist, Kya. Daisy Edgar-Jones does a great job in this although I think they should have cast someone else for her teen years as she didn't really look the part.

The romance plot has some extreme highs and lows. Its joyous at times and at others is frustrating, intentionally so, and had me yelling at the screen. Especially during the Fourth of July scene. "How could you, you bastard!?" I think were the exact words I shouted at my TV while my cats looked at me with complete confusion in their eyes, being awoken from their slumber.

The pacing was good for this kind of movie. I usually find myself nodding off pretty quickly during courtroom procedurals.

The emotion is real, some tearjerker moments for sure.

I hear this pales in comparison to the book and is watered down in just about every way including the films PG-13 rating. I don't know, I didn't read the book so it worked fine for me. I think it would have been weird and unnecessary if it was an R-rated movie.

So check it out, or don't... what do I care? I'm sure it'll find its way into the Oscar nominations for something or other.

7/10
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