"Where the Crawdads Sing" was a surprise hit as a novel when it was released in 2018, especially cause it was the debut novel of then almost 70 years old Delia Owens, who was a biologist by trade (and had published non-fiction works about her endeavours as a conservationist before). The success probably fast-tracked the film adaptation, which was directed by Hoboken native Olivia Newman as only her second feature film, the script was penned by Lucy Alibar who co-wrote #0938 "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a decade ago, so she knows about the Souther Wilds.
Here's is the trailer:
How did you like this film, which in my view was more of a character study than a murder mystery? How did you like Londoner Daisy Edgar-Jones (who previously starred in the horror film "Fresh" opposite Sebastian Stan) as Southern Wild Child Kya, and David Strathairn as her lawyer? How did you like the various supporting roles, most notably of course Kya's two beaus, Taylor John Smith as Tate and Harris Dickinson as Chase? And what about the murder mystery (please don't forget to use
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