Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Secrets are buried just beneath the surface.
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Where the Crawdads Sing rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 155K votes
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic43%
TMDb7.527/10· 2K votesWith 34% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 43/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Where the Crawdads Sing
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Cast of Where the Crawdads Sing
Daisy Edgar-Jones
as Kya Clark
Taylor John Smith
as Tate Walker
Harris Dickinson
as Chase Andrews
David Strathairn
as Tom Milton
Michael Hyatt
as Mabel
Sterling Macer Jr.
as Jumpin'
Logan Macrae
as Jodie Clark
Bill Kelly
as Sheriff Jackson
Ahna O'Reilly
as Ma
Garret Dillahunt
as Pa
Jojo Regina
as Little Kya
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Luke David Blumm
as Little Tate
Where the Crawdads Sing facts
- Budget
- $24M
- Box office
- $144.4M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Period drama setting evokes atmospheric Southern isolation and mystique
- •Mystery narrative keeps audiences engaged despite mixed critical response
- •Romance elements ground character arc in emotional authenticity throughout film
What the audience disliked
- •Critics found the adaptation overly melodramatic compared to novel source material
- •Pacing lags during expository sequences about character backstory and trauma
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