Neil Young wants you to ignore the critics and go see“Digger.”The music legend took to his blog to declare Tom Cruise’s latest film the best movie he has ever seen, calling it a work of art that no review has properly described. The film, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, stars Cruise as an oil tycoon who causes an environmental catastrophe and then tries to clean it up. It opened at just $20 million against a $160 million budget, and critics overwhelmingly panned it.
But Young isn’t the only famous fan. Anne Hathaway also praised the movie on Letterboxd, calling it“smart, trippy, aggressive, funny and ambitious.”The praise from two major stars raises an interesting question about the gap between what critics think and what artists see in a project. Young even urged fans to see the movie with an open mind and form their own opinions, writing that it“lives in a world of art.”
Whether“Digger”becomes a cult classic or stays a cautionary tale about big budgets and big swings remains to be seen. But with Neil Young and Anne Hathaway in its corner, the film is getting a second look from audiences who might have skipped it otherwise. Have you seen“Digger”? What did you think?
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