DIGGER

Tom Cruise swings for the fences in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s DIGGER. We dig into its mostly negative first wave of reviews and a rough box office start. We argue about whether a movie gets excused for being dumb on purpose, whether this is Cruise's best acting or just his most self-aware, and how it stacks up against Birdman, Bardo, and Babylon. We also get into the ending, our Oscar predictions, and where it lands on our year-end lists. SPOILER WARNING: spoiler-light until 18:10. Full spoilers start there, so skip ahead or come back after you've seen it