Tom Cruise’s Digger Gets Blunt Admission From Its Oscar-Winning Director After Box Office Crash
The director says he welcomes debate over the film’s polarizing style after it opened to $8 million domestically against a reported $125 million budget.
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Tom Cruise’s Digger Gets Blunt Admission From Its Oscar-Winning Director After Box Office Crash
The Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu prefers to provoke cinema-goers rather than bore them. His new film, Digger, starring Tom Cruise, struggles in its theatrical run and divides critics. Alejandro González Iñárritu responds to Digger’s polarizing reviews Iñárritu told The New York Times he welcomes the backlash. “I prefer that to the lukewarm reception,” he […] The post Tom Cruise’s Digger Gets Blunt Admission From Its Oscar-…
Alejandro G. Iñàrritu expected and prefers Digger's negative reception
This article may contain plot details about Digger. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñàrritu’s Digger is on track to become one of the biggest fiascos in Hollywood history. In addition to being star Tom Cruise’s biggest flop in nearly two decades, it’s also one of his most polarizing. The reviews, including here at The A.V. Club, have trended toward negative, and the film’s Cinemascore, the industry-trusted gauge of how audiences feel about a movie, is at a…
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Stands by Digger
‘Digger’ director Alejandro G. Iñárritu made the movie he wanted to make. “It’s a provoking film,’ he says of the Tom Cruise–starring feature, which bombed at the box office. ‘That’s the role of a film for me — let’s start the conversation.’
The release of Digger, the new feature film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, carried by Tom Cruise, triggered an unexpected media storm. Critics oscillate between bate admiration for an ambitious work and frank rejection in the face of an experience deemed too strange. This polarizing reception is reflected directly in the recipes at the box office, potentially marking ... Read more The article Digger divides Hollywood and revives the debate on cinemat…
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