Digging for Fire

Name: Digging for Fire
Genre: Drama
Released: August 21, 2015
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Brie Larson, Jake M. Johnson, Orlando Bloom, Rosemarie DeWitt

2015

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Orchard, The | Release Date: August 21, 2015 | R

Starring: Brie Larson, Jake M. Johnson, Orlando Bloom, Rosemarie DeWitt

Summary: The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.

Director: Joe Swanberg

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 85 min

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IndieWire An Banh

Feb 1, 2015

The movie delivers a bewitching dissection of happiness and unhappiness in love. Digging for Fire is a promising peek into the future of Swanberg, and one that only signals more to come. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Feb 1, 2015

A lovely slice of everything and nothing. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Aug 17, 2015

Reminiscent of Woody Allen's great, under-sung Manhattan Murder Mystery, it utilizes a pulp conceit as a shorthand for the regrets that bubble up in a marriage. Read full review

Abbey Bender

Aug 18, 2015

Digging for Fire affably drifts by, bolstered by some strong set pieces. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Aug 27, 2015

Sometimes those kinds of movies work (just ask the Duplass brothers) and sometimes they seem like the cast and crew had more fun making them than you do watching them. This one sits somewhere in the middle. Read full review

Ty Burr

Aug 27, 2015

The movie’s a comedy. And while it has its charms, Swanberg is tilling soil here that has been churned since humanity began, and he doesn’t come up with very much that’s new. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Aug 20, 2015

The actors save it, periodically, from itself, simply by setting a natural tone and finding some truth in an extended sketch. Read full review

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Winterflower

Oct 14, 2017

My love for director Joe Swanberg and actor Jake Johnson intensifies with this movie about a couple that lost their mojo, and they're gifted with a weekend without each other.

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DirigiblePulp

Feb 1, 2017

Another chill Swanberg movie, where likable, real characters talk about life's problems, or talk around them (it's not mumblecore anymore I guess). This one is driven by maybe his most straight-forward storyline yet; ostensibly it's about re-kindling a marriage through both a literal andAnother chill Swanberg movie, where likable, real characters talk about life's problems, or talk around them (it's not mumblecore anymore I guess). This one is driven by maybe his most straight-forward storyline yet; ostensibly it's about re-kindling a marriage through both a literal and figurative "Digging For Fire."

A great cast, character-driven humor (who knew Orlando Bloom would be a fit in something like this?) and a coked up Sam Rockwell -- would someone please give this man a seriously great role?

I liked it quite a bit, like I like most of Swanberg's stuff, but I'm still waiting for that breakthrough experience from him. The kind of humanity and minor profundity of Linklater or someone like that.… Expand

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Tomahawk_Jacque

Nov 9, 2015

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This movie has a surprising amount of well-known actors in it; however, the movie left me wanting more. It is short, and they try and cram a-lot of meaning and understanding into the film without really resolving anything except for the last five minutes. IMetaphor-metaphor-metaphor

This movie has a surprising amount of well-known actors in it; however, the movie left me wanting more. It is short, and they try and cram a-lot of meaning and understanding into the film without really resolving anything except for the last five minutes.

I do not recommend this movie unless you use it for background noise while you surf the Internet or clean the house.… Expand

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