Why Did ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Give Daisy Edgar-Jones the Worst Old-Age Makeup Ever?
Give it up for Where the Crawdads Sing, which can now claim the title of the worst film ending of 2022. No, the year isn’t over yet. But there’s no way anything can top the soul-crushing, cheap, and completely implausible final sequence in the adaptation of Delia Owens' novel.
The novel’s final act is bad—involving a final kicker to the mystery that makes no sense—but the film adaptation takes that poor payoff and multiplies it by a thousand. No, there aren’t any new twists: The ending, plot-wise, is the same as the book. Why, then, is it so terrible? If you’ve seen the movie, one glance at Daisy Edgar-Jones’ old age makeup and you’ll understand why I’m so upset.
In the overly long movie’s last 10 minutes, our protagonist Kya (Edgar-Jones) ages out of her 20s and into old age. She’s spent the young years of her life fighting to survive, struggling against everything from an abusive father to a murder trial; alas, now, she’s happily settled down with the love of her life. (There’s a love triangle, but we won’t reveal who ends up on top.) Kya ages throughout the epilogue, scene by scene, wrinkle-atop-wrinkle settling into the 24-year-old actress’ spotless face. The agony!