Dig It

Digger seems destined to be remembered as a box office flop that divided critics, and because of that divided reception I hadn’t planned to see it in the cinema; but when my 15-year-old said it was really good but wouldn’t spoil it by telling me why, I thought I’d go along. I was glad I did. The movie reminded me at first in its tone of Poor Things, no poor thing in my book, so despite the scenery-chewing of its first act I was prepared to give it a chance. Once I realised what was going on, I loved it. Among other things, the big reveal made the casting of Cruise make so much more sense, or at least work much better in context. Made the cat funnier in hindsight, too. By the end, Digger felt more pointed than other climate-change movies I’ve seen, not that there are many of those (dramas rather than documentaries, anyway). The End We Start From was good, but low-key; Don’t Look Up was entertaining, but its message of “nobody’s listening to the scientists” felt like preaching to the…

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