After being filmed in Louisiana from March to June of 2021, the film was released in the United States on July 15, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing under Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Edgar-Joness performance and the cinematography, but found the films overall tone incoherent. Audience reception was more positive and the film became a box office success, grossing $144.3 million worldwide on a $24 million budget.
Release edit
On July 11, 2022, the movie had its world premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City [21]. On July 15, 2022, it was released in both the US and Canada. Prior to being postponed to July 22, 2022,[24], and then moved up one week to July 15, it was originally planned for June 24, 2022,[22][23]. [25] On July 22, 2022, it was released in the United Kingdom. [citation needed].
On September 6, 2022, the movie was released digitally. The following week, on September 13, 2022, Blu-ray and DVD were released. [26].
Critical response edit Edgar-Jones was widely praised for her performance.
Approximately 334 percent of the reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 205 2/10. “Daisy Edgar-Jones gives it her all, but Where the Crawdads Sing ultimately fails to distill its source material into a tonally coherent drama,” is the consensus opinion expressed on the websites by critics. [34] Based on 46 reviews from critics, Metacritic, a website that employs a weighted average, gave the movie a score of 43 out of 100, denoting “mixed or average reviews.” [35] A number of reviewers cited Edgar Joness’s performance as the movie’s finest feature. [36][37][38][39].
Liz Shannon Miller, a critic for Consequence, gave the movie an A− rating and called it a moving, “lush, lyrical and engrossing Southern Gothic drama.” Additionally, Miller said, “It’s difficult to think of anyone else who could accurately portray Kya’s innocence and intelligence as well as [Edgar-Jones] does.” [40] Leonard Maltin said Edgar-Jones “effortlessly commands the big screen” by “inhabiting the character of Kya Clark,” and he praised Newman’s direction as well as the cinematography, production design, and music. [41] The Chicago Sun-Times’ Richard Roeper hailed Edgar-Jones and Strathairn’s performances in Where the Crawdads Sing, calling it “one of the most gorgeously photographed films of the year.” The film was described as “a mystery, a romance, a back-to-nature reverie full of gnarled trees and hanging moss, and a parable of women’s power and independence in a world crushed under by masculine will” by Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman, who also praised Edgar-Jones’ “doleful, earnest-eyed sensuality.” Edgar Joness’s “old-fashioned movie-star appeal” was praised by CNN journalist Brian Lowry, who also described the movie as “a smallish movie that hits just enough of the right notes.” [44] James Berardinelli gave the movie a three-star rating, praising the “old-fashioned” storytelling technique supported by Edgar-Joness’ “stellar performance.” [45].
Cast edit
The movie’s title alludes to a statement made by Kya’s mother. Though crawdads, also known as crayfish, are incapable of singing, Kya’s mother would frequently urge her to explore the marsh by saying, “Go as far as you can—way out yonder where the crawdads sing.” He said, “Just means far in the bush where critters are wild, still behaving like critters,” in response to her question about the meaning of the phrase when Tate also used it. “Delia Owens was motivated to utilize the expression because her mother had utilized it when she was a young child.” [17].
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