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04/27/07
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
Though nothing too earth-shaking happens, the movie is filled with a slew of compelling scenes, strongly performed under director Katherine Dieckmann's discerning eye.
04/27/07
A modestly charming film.
04/27/07
What separates Diggers from its kin -- notably the Ed Burns movies -- is the testosterone balance of its masculine script and Dieckmann's sensitive direction. Maybe we need more buddy movies by women.
04/27/07
Diggers has the conviction to avoid tying things up with a bow and allows us the privilege to imagine where its denizens will go afterward.
04/27/07
Top CriticObservant as a movie can be about characters who aren't very interesting.
04/27/07
A sweet but supermellow tale that needs a shot of espresso on the side to keep things lively.
04/27/07
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
I was rooting for the 'Diggers' clan by the time this modest film ended. A talented cast of likable actors can do that for a thin script, and Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney and Ron Eldard eventually won me over.
04/27/07
The prospect of change is complicated, but Diggers is also a reminder of the powerful simplicity of friendship.
04/27/07
Top CriticSweet, 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
A scruffy drama about four diggers on Long Island in 1976 who are dragged kicking and screaming into changing their lives.
04/27/07
Meticulously assembled, Diggers shuttles among several major characters with an ease and grace that don’t waste a moment of screen time. But it doesn’t feel rushed.
04/27/07
Top Criticjust writing this review makes me want to take a nap.
04/26/07
Overall, Diggers is like an Ed Burns movie -- but with fishing gear.
04/26/07
The only way the movie works is if it has charismatic performers to explore these characters, and Diggers does.
04/26/07
Even when the episodic story wanders, the underlying sincerity and good humor of the piece is winning. It's amusing and affecting yet never sentimental.
04/26/07
The best thing in Diggers, besides the close-up of the back end of the Vista Cruiser, is the interplay between Rudd and Tierney.
04/26/07
Never quite breaks out of its talky inertia.
04/26/07
A surprisingly sophisticated ensemble piece from a cast regarded more for being funny than being wise.
04/26/07
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April 27, 2007:
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