Digger Review: Tom Cruise Delivers a Terrific Satire

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Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise take a massive creative swing with Digger, a deliberately confrontational comedy that mixes broad humor, climate anxiety, and a surprisingly thoughtful argument about art and culture. Cruise stars as the enormously wealthy oilman at the center of an ecological catastrophe after his company’s expansion into Greenland goes spectacularly wrong. Riz Ahmed’s Dr. Ganesh desperately tries to sound the alarm, while John Goodman’s President Thompson and others are pulled deeper into Digger’s increasingly absurd response to the crisis. But the movie isn’t quite what it initially appears to be. An early reveal recontextualizes its heightened comedy and gives Cruise room to move between outrageous hubris, unexpected vulnerability, and quieter dramatic beats. It’s a showcase for a side of Cruise that blockbuster action movies rarely allow him to explore. Sandra Hüller, Sophie Wilde, Jesse Plemons, and the rest of the ensemble help Iñárritu balance a huge coll

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