[Satire] 'Digger' Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Bury Tom Cruise Apocalyptic Satire
- Warner Bros. releases the climate satire 'Digger' on Friday, October 2, 2026, starring Tom Cruise as an oil billionaire whose Greenland drilling operation triggers a catastrophic ice shelf collapse threatening Europe.
- Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 'Digger' employs a 'countdown-to-Armageddon' scenario to satirize climate change, drawing comparisons to 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'Network' as it depicts billionaire hubris confronting forces beyond control.
- Utilizing prosthetics, Tom Cruise portrays Digger Rockwell, the wealthy tycoon, alongside John Goodman as an ailing American president and Riz Ahmed as a frazzled scientific advisor navigating the unfolding catastrophe.
- Critics describe the $125 million production as divisive; some call it 'ponderous,' while others praise its 'nervy' and adventurous cinematic style that defies conventional studio filmmaking.
- Conceived nine years ago in 2017, Iñárritu's vision represents a 'big, bold swing' designed to provoke discussion about fossil fuels and environmental responsibility through unconventional, absurdist storytelling.
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Movie Review: In ‘Digger,’ a ‘Dr. Strangelove’ for the climate change era
Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in “Digger,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s over-the-top, climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink. It’s an audacious plate-spinning act, juggling exaggerated farce, sober anxieties and an oil-mad Tom Cruise. Iñárritu, an art-house showman, has always delighted in a grandiosity of vision: the long-take backstage circus of...
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Movie Review: In 'Digger,' a 'Dr. Strangelove' for the climate change era
Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in “Digger,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s over-the-top, climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink.
In the doomsday comedy "Digger" he wants to be really crazy, and that goes completely into his pants. Co-star Sandra Hüller can't save anything anymore.
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