At least Tom Cruise’s upcoming co-star liked Digger

In her first Letterboxd review, Anne Hathaway gave Digger five stars and urged followers, as the marketing directed, to make up their own minds about the flailing satire.

At least Tom Cruise’s upcoming co-star liked Digger

Hoping for a peaceful and productive Days Of Thunder 2 set, Anne Hathaway posted her admiration for the flailing satire, Digger, on Letterboxd. The movie opened to $8 million, received decidedly mixed reviews, and earned a C+ Cinemascore from general audiences. Nevertheless, it has gained an almost immediate cult following, with movielovers and contrarians nationwide proclaiming Digger “not as bad as they thought it was going to be.” Consider Hathaway part of Digger nation. In her first and, as of now, only Letterboxd review, Hathaway gave the film five stars and, echoing the last-minute marketing pivot of the film, wrote, “It’s worth making the time to see and decide for yourself what you make of it.” Calling the film “brilliant,” as well as “smart and trippy and aggressive and funny and ambitious,” Hathaway loved Digger. 

The review should go a long way toward securing Tom Cruise cake this Christmas as Hathaway gears up to star in Cruise’s Digger mea culpa, the blockbuster legacy sequel Days Of Thunder 2. As Cruise retreats to the safe, loving arms of his classic characters, other celebrities and friends of the filmmakers have publicly declared themselves members of the Digger hive. Earlier this week, Mandy Patinkin took to TikTok and proclaimed Digger “one of the greatest pieces of film I’ve ever seen in my life” before pleading with followers to “run don’t walk” to the film. In the captions, he also said he’d give his right arm to be an extra in Digger, which, Mandy, please, it’s not worth it for Digger. “Don’t listen to rotten tomatoes,” he continued. Find an actual person who saw this movie. Listen to them.” It’s sad, really. Everyone says film criticism is dead until Digger bombs. 

 
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