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04/28/07
Diggers (2007)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:39
Rotten:17
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Though the plot may be familiar, Diggers is just pleasant, charming, and heartwarming enough to make it worth your while.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: DIGGERS combines humor and pathos in a bittersweet story about a tightly-knit cluster of friends, all of whom are forced to embrace change as their small-town way of life is soon to be altered... [More]
Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Ken Marino
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Reviews for Diggers
Overall, Diggers is like an Ed Burns movie -- but with fishing gear.
04/26/07
Never quite breaks out of its talky inertia.
04/26/07
Observant as a movie can be about characters who aren't very interesting.
04/27/07
It's okay, but not something that I would dig around for.
05/29/07
just writing this review makes me want to take a nap.
04/26/07
No doubt there was hope for a manlier, brinier My Big Fat Greek Wedding. But that had better food -- and better jokes.
04/27/07
A sweet but supermellow tale that needs a shot of espresso on the side to keep things lively.
04/27/07
It's rather harmless, and it does have it's moments.
05/14/07
When you reach the end of the film, you may find yourself wondering whether these minor pleasures amount to anything more substantial and the sad reality is that they really don't.
04/28/07
A rather drab dramedy that, despite the title and some very real virtues, doesn't really dig deep or true enough.
05/01/07
Diggers is all shell and no neck and belly.
08/23/08
A lethargic film about people who don’t seem to care much about anything. It is difficult for the audience to care as well.
04/24/07
It's not a plot-driven piece, but rather an examination of characters and how they are forced to come of age long after they should have.
04/24/07
Diggers isn't a bad film, but the underlying premise -- the longing one feels to escape from a dead-end, small town life -- has been so beaten to death in the movies.
03/13/07
Clam diggers don't venture into the deepest waters, and neither, for the most part, does the movie. [It] serves up any number of slight moves, the kind associated with films that keep their gazes narrow and content themselves with small revelations.
04/27/07
[Director] Dieckmann fails to stage scenes in a compelling manner. Diggers bumps along from trauma to trauma like a clam-digging boat on choppy waters.
04/27/07
Sweet, but you've seen it many times before. Until then it's a tragicomedy of entropy, a film that wonders what happens to men when they can't do the only thing they know how to.
04/27/07
The subdued tale is light on plot but heavy on characterization, and the result is a likable effort that benefits greatly from its agreeable cast.
06/22/07
A very detailed portrait of a time and place that is about to change forever. This is a Long Island of 1976 in someone's memory, like a faded Polaroid in an old shoebox.
05/05/08
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April 27, 2007:
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