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‘Entirely Petty’: Guillermo Del Toro Calls Out Digger Review for Odd Movie Theater Comment
The satirical film earned a disappointing $8 million in its domestic opening, according to box office reports, following Guillermo Del Toro’s public defense of the project.
- Tom Cruise stars in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film "Digger," a $125 million production depicting oil tycoon Digger Rockwell confronting a climate catastrophe as an Arctic ice shelf threatens Europe.
- About 30 minutes into the film, the narrative shifts to reveal the story is a dress rehearsal for a play titled "Fossil Fools," where every cast member performs a dual role as both character and actor.
- Kenny Rockwell, the nephew of Digger Rockwell, funded the production by purchasing the play's rights. Critics describe the performance as a "brutal condemnation of late-stage capitalism."
- The film concludes with one of the bleakest endings in recent studio history, as audiences wearing high-tech air-filter masks step out into a smog-filled New York dystopia.
- Tracking as a box office flop, the film is expected to open as low as $9 million in the U.S., with critics torn between admiring its audacious ambition and rejecting its political satire.
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The satire of Alejandro G. Iñarritu, crushed by criticism, raised some small $8 million
In theatres in France since last Wednesday, the amazing "Digger" with Tom Cruise does not move the crowds frankly. In the United States, the film by Alejandro González Iñárritu should be sanctioned by the worst start of his star's career. The fault of his director's rubbish or failing marketing? Attempted explanation. - With "Digger", Tom Cruise is on his way to the most unfair flop of his career? (Culture, media and entertainment).
'Digger', the original and very expensive author film of Warner Bros directed by the five-time Oscar Alejandro G. Iñárritu, debuts in the room with just $8 million. (ANSA)
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