Diggers

Name: Diggers
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: April 27, 2007
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Paul Rudd

2007

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: April 27, 2007 | R

Starring: Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Paul Rudd

Summary: Diggers combines humor and pathos in a bittersweet story about a tightly-knit cluster of friends, all of whom are forced to embrace change as their small-town way of life is soon to be altered forever. (Magnolia Pictures)

Director: Katherine Dieckmann

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Manny Lewis

Ultimately, the movie is about finding contentment during tough times. Read full review

Stephen Holden

A quintessential American independent movie, Diggers isn't going to change the history of cinema. But it has integrity. It feels like life. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Likably low-key, character-driven dramatic comedy. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Archetypal characters and somewhat formulaic plot notwithstanding, Diggers has the conviction to avoid tying things up with a bow and allows us the privilege to imagine where its denizens will go afterward. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Ken Marino of "Dawson's Creek," who wrote the somewhat autobiographical script, plays one of Rudd's pals. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Overall, Diggers is like an Ed Burns movie -- but with fishing gear. Read full review

Ruthe Stein

Sitting through Diggers is so tedious that you might find yourself envying the clam diggers. At least they get to be outdoors. Read full review

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ChadS.

May 5, 2007

Zoey(Lauren Ambrose), a vacationing New Yorker, compliments Hunt(Paul Rudd), a local clam-digger, a man she just had sex with, about his way with the camera. Since Zoey calls the shots in this relationship, we suspect that the uptown girl is patronizing him; a gilded bone tossed by the Zoey(Lauren Ambrose), a vacationing New Yorker, compliments Hunt(Paul Rudd), a local clam-digger, a man she just had sex with, about his way with the camera. Since Zoey calls the shots in this relationship, we suspect that the uptown girl is patronizing him; a gilded bone tossed by the sophisticate(who is at liberty to judge about art because she's seen the inside of a museum) to the seafaring dog for showing an interest in a highbrow endeavor such as photography. Zoey probably finds his hobby adorable. When she puts an end to their summer "fling"(Zoey's word, not Hunt's), we don't feel like it's the end of his world; because "Diggers", unlike a lot of indie films about men and women in small-towns, doesn't treat their lives away from "where the action is" as drudgery, as time spent in purgatory. Hunt and his friends never seem pathetic, more importantly, they're never treated as the butt of a joke. Case in point, the harried lives of Lozo(Ken Marino) and Julie(Sarah Paulson), a married couple with too many kids, whose voices are rarely pitched at your standard conversational volume. They're riotously funny, but we're laughing with them, not at them. "Diggers" respects these men, the last of the independent fishermen, and we(who may not hail from New York, or L.A.) respect "Diggers" for showing their warts(recreational drug use, lack of a formal education) while allowing them to maintain their dignity in such trying times.… Expand

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ryu9376

Feb 1, 2019

This movie was really great, very well acted. Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton & especially Ken Marino, really shined in this film... so not used to Marino doing any other roles other than comedic... it was remarkably refreshing.

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RitB.

May 18, 2007

Try to imagine a conversation about world events between Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Does that sound like a non-event, something that could induce a coma in anyone with an IQ in the double-digits?? If you can imagine that, then you'll have an idea of how dull this movie is. Avoid Try to imagine a conversation about world events between Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Does that sound like a non-event, something that could induce a coma in anyone with an IQ in the double-digits?? If you can imagine that, then you'll have an idea of how dull this movie is. Avoid it, unless you are looking for an insomnia cure.… Expand

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