Overview
- Digger, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new satire starring Tom Cruise as an eccentric oil magnate, is now in theaters and has drawn mixed critical response for its tone and political message.
- The film frames a Greenland drilling plot to probe elite recklessness and narrative manipulation as a metaphor for generational responsibility on the climate crisis, a theme Iñárritu traced to melting-ice observations during The Revenant.
- Tom Cruise’s transformative lead turn uses extensive prosthetics and makeup—reported at around six hours per session—leading coverage to highlight the film’s production craft and awards-season potential.
- After an IGN review questioned whether a theater screening would alter viewers’ opinions, Guillermo del Toro publicly defended Digger’s scale on X, arguing the film’s visuals and ambition justify seeing it on the big screen.
- Coverage so far contrasts praise for the movie’s design, performances and satire with criticism that its tone can be heavy-handed, and the theater-versus-streaming debate now shapes how critics and audiences assess its impact and future awards prospects.