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- 2015
- R
- The Orchard
- 1 h 25 m
- 2015
- R
- The Orchard
- 1 h 25 m
Summary The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
Directed By: Joe Swanberg
Written By: Jake Johnson, Joe Swanberg
- 2015
- R
- The Orchard
- 1 h 25 m
- 2015
- R
- The Orchard
- 1 h 25 m
Digging for Fire
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5.1
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Summary The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
Directed By: Joe Swanberg
Written By: Jake Johnson, Joe Swanberg
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
73% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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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.
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.
User Score
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Based on 24 User Ratings
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42% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 User Ratings
5.1
42% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
29% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
29% Negative
7 Ratings
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Digging for Fire wants to talk about serious topics and it wants to do so in a humorous light-hearted way. It succeeds.
Digging for Fire affably drifts by, bolstered by some strong set pieces.
Digging for Fire is a pleasant escape — an attractively shot, gracefully edited and, finally, emotionally satisfying mystery about the nature of marriage itself.
What starts off as a promising indie about a couple (Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt) trying to balance their own needs versus their partner’s quickly goes south in director Joe Swanberg’s latest meditation on aging-hipster malaise.
The actors save it, periodically, from itself, simply by setting a natural tone and finding some truth in an extended sketch.
