Where the Crawdads Sing

Secrets are Buried Just Beneath the Surface

Abandoned by her family, Kya Clark, otherwise known to the townspeople of Barkley Cove as the Marsh Girl, is mysterious and wild. When the town hotshot is found dead, and inexplicably linked to Kya, the Marsh Girl is the prime suspect in his murder case.

125 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex, Violence, Sexual Violence, Prejudice).
Detective/Mystery, Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Plenty of fish in the river ...

Credits

Cast	Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn, Michael Hyatt, erling Macer Jr.
Director	Olivia Newman
Screenplay	Lucy Alibar, from the novel by Delia Owens
Music	Mychael Danna
Cinematography	Polly Morgan
Editing	Alan Edward Bell
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2022
Produced by	3000 Pictures, Hello Sunshine

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Horror, thriller (sic)
Language	None (sic)
Nudity
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None (sic)
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Contains scenes of sexual violence.
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some violence including a sexual assault.
Runtime	125
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

15: Suitable for 15 years and older	Sexual violence, Domestic abuse
Runtime	125
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 46 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 185 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Daisy Edgar-Jones gives it her all, but Where the Crawdads Sing is ultimately unable to distill its source material into a tonally coherent drama.	7
CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Standout performances in uneven, trauma-filled adaptation.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy In the end, I liked it enough to give Where the Crawdads Sing a slight recommendation and a score of 5.5 out of 10.	11
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 37 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 5000+ users	19
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	19
IMDB 11240 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	14
Average .. 64%	13