[ FILM ]
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
Girl in the picture: Daisy Edgar-Jones as the reclusive Kya.
★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 125 MINS
DIRECTOR Olivia Newman
CAST Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn
PLOT Kya Clark (Edgar-Jones) is a reclusive outsider, living alone and raising herself in the marshes of 1960s North Carolina after being abandoned by her entire family. When a man she was previously involved with dies mysteriously, she is suspected of his murder.
TRANSLATING A MUCH-loved novel to the big screen is always a tricky task. With Delia Owens’ Where The Crawdads Sing, which has sold more than 12 million copies to date, the audience is big and the expectations are high. This cinematic version, produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, unfortunately doesn’t succeed in meeting them.