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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Directed by Olivia Newman this film based on the novel of the same name stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson and David Strathairn. A young woman living along in the mash is accused of murder.

Setting up to be a John Grisham type story this film takes a hard turn into Nicholas Sparks territory for the majority of the film. Unfortunately the writing is both too predictable and not good enough to pull off the inevitable twist ending. There is definitely something here it is just a bland and disappointing execution.

2/5