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Tom Cruise in ‘Digger’ is loud, divisive and intensely committed to the bit
Digger and What’s Making Us Happy
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Tom Cruise in Digger.
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Diggeris a loud, surprising, audacious, and sure-to-be-polarizing entry in this year’s Oscars race. The film stars Tom Cruise as a powerful oil baron who’s helped unleash an existential threat on the world — but that’s only the beginning. The looming devastation attracts the attention of the president (John Goodman) and a well-intentioned scientist (Riz Ahmed). The filmtakes some pretty big narrative swings along the way. But will Diggerwork for everyone?
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