Film review: Daisy Edgar-Jones delivers compelling performance in Where the Crawdads Sing

While not particularly plausible as a murder-mystery, viewed as a fairytale, the movie has plenty to offer

Daisy Edgar-Jones brilliantly captures Kya’s instinctively spiky wariness of so-called civilisation 

★★★★☆

Some might opt for a hammock on a tropical island, but the most idyllic spot in the world for Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is way out in the North Carolina swamps, and preferably Where the Crawdads Sing (15A).