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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones



Exclusively in movie theaters July.

From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.

Where the Crawdads Sing stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) as “Kya Clark,” Taylor John Smith (Sharp Objects) as “Tate Walker,” Harris Dickinson (The King’s Man) as “Chase Andrews,” Michael Hyatt (Snowfall) as “Mabel,” Sterling Macer, Jr. (Double Down) as “Jumpin’,” and David Strathairn (Nomadland) as “Tom Milton.” Olivia Newman (First Match) directs the screenplay by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) based upon the novel by Delia Owens. The 3000 Pictures film is being produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9411972/
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

I don't know what to expect, but I'll keep an eye out on this one.
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Out this week. Reviews starting to come in: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whe..._crawdads_sing
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

I saw this last night. It's by-the-numbers and the "who done it" part is pretty easy to figure out, but it's well-acted and well-made. I actually enjoyed it more than Thor.
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

Taylor Swift really wants an Oscar, but I don't see this song getting in the way of Gaga's second.

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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

I saw the trailer for this in front of Elvis a few weeks ago. I realize it’s based on a huge best selling book and I’m probably not the target demo for it but this just looks like typical Nicholas Sparks tripe. An original Taytay song and Reece Witherspoon as producer doesn’t exactly change my mind.

Now, if this was directed by Jeff Nichols, I’d be a lot more interested.
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I’m a big fan of Daisy Edgar-Jones since seeing her in Normal People and I’m generally into these Hello Sunshine produced book adaptions. But I found this to be pretty dull. The actors do fine work though.
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
I saw the trailer for this in front of Elvis a few weeks ago. I realize it’s based on a huge best selling book and I’m probably not the target demo for it but this just looks like typical Nicholas Sparks tripe. An original Taytay song and Reece Witherspoon as producer doesn’t exactly change my mind.

Now, if this was directed by Jeff Nichols, I’d be a lot more interested.
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^^^ Don’t know any of your references including Jeff Nichols. All I know from the commercials is that it has a new Taylor Swift song.
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^^^ Don’t know any of your references including Jeff Nichols. All I know from the commercials is that it has a new Taylor Swift song.
Taytay = Taylor Swift. Reece Witherspoon is a producer on this. Nicholas Sparks writes lovey-dovey southern cheese.
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^^^ Don’t know any of your references including Jeff Nichols. All I know from the commercials is that it has a new Taylor Swift song.
You don’t know who Jeff Nichols is? If not, you need to check out his directorial work ASAP.
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Take Shelter directed by Jeff Nichols is great.
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Ha, I got The Tay Tay reference after thinking about it. I asked my wife about this, she says the book was the hotness on the Reese Witherspoon book of the Month club. And Sparks did The Notebook! Name was familiar.

Yeah, I just looked up Nichols. Saw Take Shelter and Midnight Special. Neither were standouts to me. Mud however, was really good. And I’m guessing mud is where crawdads sing!
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

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Ha, I got The Tay Tay reference after thinking about it. I asked my wife about this, she says the book was the hotness on the Reese Witherspoon book of the Month club. And Sparks did The Notebook! Name was familiar.

Yeah, I just looked up Nichols. Saw Take Shelter and Midnight Special. Neither were standouts to me. Mud however, was really good. And I’m guessing mud is where crawdads sing!
Yeah, the first paragraph of my post was just jokey. I was serious about the Jeff Nichols stuff though.
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

I enjoyed it, nice slow but good pace and beautifully filmed.
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Re: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, D: Newman) S: Daisy Edgar-Jones

Thought this was good, very well acted, Daisy Edgar-Jones is also in “Under the Banner of Heaven” for those who missed it, great in that one as well.

This is now on Netflix

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