Overview
A young girl finds her place in the wild, but when tragedy strikes, her solitude is shattered.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- wistful
- melancholic
- intimate
- quiet weekend
- book club movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found Daisy Edgar-Jones compelling, but considered the adaptation tonally uneven and unable to fully distill its source novel.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kya is abandoned by her family, survives alone in the marsh, and becomes known to the community as the Marsh Girl.
Kya is raised in and sustains herself through the southern marshlands, which provide her home, livelihood, and artistic subject matter.
The murder case supplies the present-day frame while Kya’s childhood, relationships, and isolation are disclosed across the story.
Barkley Cove townspeople marginalize Kya and treat her outsider status as evidence against her in the murder case.
Films like Where the Crawdads Sing, and why
The Secret Life of Bees
shared coming of age drama, romantic entanglements, and female-centered survival story
The Notebook
shared atmospheric southern setting, family trauma, romance, and emotionally direct mystery elements
The Girl on the Train
shared isolated young woman protagonist, courtroom mystery, and adaptation of a bestselling novel
Mudbound
shared rural landscape, social ostracism, and a woman whose private life becomes a public mystery
Movie Details
- Director
- Olivia Newman
- Release Date
- 2022-07-14
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (2400)
Cast
- Daisy Edgar-Jones
- Taylor John Smith
- Harris Dickinson
- David Strathairn
- Michael Hyatt
- Sterling Macer Jr.
- Logan Macrae
- Bill Kelly
- Ahna O'Reilly
- Garret Dillahunt
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Where the Crawdads Sing about?
- An isolated young woman’s life in the southern marsh becomes entangled with first love, social prejudice, and a high-profile murder trial.
- What is Where the Crawdads Sing like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Where the Crawdads Sing as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Where the Crawdads Sing violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Where the Crawdads Sing as mild.
- What did critics think of Where the Crawdads Sing?
- Critics broadly found Daisy Edgar-Jones compelling, but considered the adaptation tonally uneven and unable to fully distill its source novel.
- Which films are like Where the Crawdads Sing?
- Films with a similar feel include The Secret Life of Bees, The Notebook, The Girl on the Train, and Mudbound.
- How long is Where the Crawdads Sing?
- Where the Crawdads Sing runs 126 minutes.
- Where can I watch Where the Crawdads Sing?
- In United States, Where the Crawdads Sing streams on Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow.
