Review of Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) by Leigh Monson for The A.V. Club — 12 Jul 2022
Newman’s film gets enough right to be just as solid as a summer cinematic distraction as Owens’ book was as beachside literature. The atmosphere and beauty of the Carolina marshes are masterfully captured, and it bears repeating that Daisy Edgar-Jones is a magnetic leading presence, investing Kya with equal parts relatability and spiny distance for a character that seems to have leapt from the page, whole and vivid.
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This review of Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) was written by Leigh Monson and published by The A.V. Club on 12 Jul 2022.
Where the Crawdads Sing has generally received positive reviews.
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