'Where the Crawdads Sing' review: The screen adaptation of the smash-hit novel croaks as a pokey whodunit combined with a soapy love triangle
Ten years ago, the Southern-Gothic film “Beasts of the Southern Wild” swept up four Academy Award nominations by pandering to the affinity of Northern intellectuals toward Romantic portrayals of poor folks living in a kind of fascinating harmony with cruel nature. That film was based on a play by Lucy Alibar, who adapted her own work for the screen with the aid of co-writer and director Benh Zeitlin. Ms.
Though narratively uneven, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” was at least richly evocative and absolutely saturated with local color. It was a sensual feast. “Crawdads,” however, is not even a sensual snack. Directing her first theatrical release, Olivia Newman never comes close to making the audience feel immersed in the coastal North Carolina setting, or making us feel anything at all, unless boredom counts.
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