Atom User Reviews for Where the Crawdads Sing
It was better than Thor love and thunder
The movie followed the book closely without sacrificing any of the key elements. Very well acted and beautiful setting. I also appreciated no gore or foul language.
Great movie super good story could use a little less sex scenes though.
Breathtakingly beautiful in every way.
I would say the CLOSEST book to movie adaptation I've ever seen and I'm happy for it.
Very underrated movie you just need to watch!
If you didn't read the book like I didn't, then the ending will be great. Kept me guessing. Good movie.
Corny and boring AF
Loved it!
Fantastic book put to the screen beautifully.
I need to read the book! 🤓
Very good even for those who read the book
Enjoyed the changes from the book. Liked the ending
This is probably one of the most interesting and thought provoking movies I've seen in a while.
A little slow at moments but overall a good plot line.
So good!!!
i love this film... if you haven't seen it yet, must go see it. if if you've read the novel...
This movie was great. I am going to get the book!
Great Movie
Movie did and amazing job recreating the book!
It was a really good movie. It did not follow the book exactly, but they never do. Very much enjoyed it. A great cast and acting.
touching heartfelt movie
Best book to movie I’ve seen
Had none of the substance or depth that the book oozed
So good but please still read the book. The imagery in the words cannot be put in a film. But the movie was wonderful.
One of the best I've seen in a long time
Best movie of the year!!!!
I loved it 😍
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thoughtfully done!
Great movie! Surprise ending.
I read the book first and the movie was done real well
I lov
Good story surprise ending. Not at all what I was expecting.
Leaves you on your seat till the very end !!!
See it at home.
I was not expecting to love it as much as I did. Definitely a must see.
Surprise ending
Cried my heart out this movie was good now I need to read the book.
Powerful movie!
Wonderful movie
Well done! Visually stimulating and had a surprising ending. Makes me want to read the book.
An amazing sleeper of a film. I'm so glad I saw it!!
A good movie adaptation of a great book. They did the story justice without sacrificing important book details.
Don’t read about this movie before you go because you will miss the “wow” fun part of you know too much about what is going to happen, so save it to be able to enjoy the surprise!
Absolutely amazing!!
I really liked it and loved that it stressed how we all need to be good and kind to each other
A really great book to screen adaptation!
It engages and draws you in so you can empathize with the lead and feel with her. There were a few times that I teared up. And then the ending, is worth every minute to get there!
One of the best movies I’ve seen in so long. Heartbreaking and so beautiful
While the ending is surprising, it leaves some plot holes between the end of the trial and the end of the movie.
Metacritic
Does the fact the film largely ignores the book’s treatise on nature and virtue absolve it of all connections to Owens’s real-life controversies? It certainly doesn’t, on an artistic level, improve what’s already contained on the page. Newman’s vision of rural South Carolina is scrubbed so clean you might as well call it #swampcore – the Spanish moss looks bright and pristine, the flower petals on the water almost consciously arranged.
Director Olivia Newman (First Match) bathes the story in so many broad, creaky tropes and odd tonal shifts that nothing ever feels real for a moment.
Instead of a complicated protagonist at the centre of an atmospheric thriller Edgar-Jones seems trapped in an ill-advised antebellum-themed Taylor Swift music video, exacerbated further by Swift’s dulcet tones heard over the end credits.