Cicada Song

From the beginning to the end "Cicada Song" kept me interested. If you love a well shot and performed indie thriller then this is a movie for you. Great acting and cinematography. This films packs in a ton of issues that are going on in our country and executes it very well!

This movie starts a little slow, but once it gets going, it really grabs your attention until the end. There's not a lot of good thrillers centered around rural life, but this a pretty accurate portrayal. It's hard to talk about without giving away any spoilers, but definitely watch. Reminded me a lot of Winter's Bone.

Cicada song is a superb thriller that slowly reveals it's dark and powerful underlying themes. Excellent performances and beautiful settings as well. Kudos to all involved with the production, I would love to see more!

This is a beautifully shot independent movie that takes you on a fascinating journey to places you usually don't get to see. The acting is superb and the director knows how to gather suspense in new and exciting ways. I highly recommend this one!

Set in rural America, the excellent "Cicada Song" scrapes away at the thin veneer of a deceptively idyllic farming community, only to unearth a nefarious ugliness that transcends boilerplate small-town stereotyping.

Karen (Lyndsey Lantz) manages farm operations for a grateful husband and wife team (Joseph Bottoms and Kim Reed). At night, she returns home to her Latina partner, convenience store clerk Annabelle (Jenny Mesa). Lantz is handed a deeply dimensional character by writer/director Michael Starr, and she owns it at the highest level. Honest and tenacious, at one moment Karen vehemently protects the financial interests of her employers, while in the next she's loyally defending her girlfriend (and herself) from latent misogyny and explicit homophobia. A pall is cast when migrant worker Javier (Cesar Ramos) informs Karen that a little girl has gone missing from the field worker community. And with that, a perverse and encompassing pyramid scheme begins to seep up through the farmland soil.

"Cicada Song" is an engrossing mystery-thriller hybrid that shines a deft light on the plights of socially and economically marginalized groups facing entrenched greed and ignorance. But it's also simply a great storytelling vehicle on the most puerile of levels, marked by plot twists that surprise while somehow remaining truthful. Highly recommended. - (Was this review of use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!)