‘Digger’ is a Box Office Flop. It Might Be the Most Relevant Film of the Year
The film 'Digger' is a satirical look at climate change and political apathy, featuring a star-studded cast including Tom Cruise and John Goodman. Despite being a box office flop, the film is noted for its ambitious narrative structure and relevant social commentary.
Why it matters
The film serves as a cultural critique of modern political responses to the climate crisis, using satire to highlight the disconnect between profit-driven motives and environmental reality.
Given the way the plot layers, key moments being recontextualized as the story progresses, this movie is difficult to market—or to review—spoiler-free. The broad strokes are that Digger is an oil tycoon whose drilling broke off an iceberg and sent it toward Europe, threatening to kill 100,000 people and displace more than a million. He’s a man who takes painstaking care of his sick cat while watching footage of the wildlife dying as a direct result of his actions. A man purely interested in profit, working alongside the US president, played by John Goodman, to save the world.
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