Tom Cruise Rotten Tomatoes Streak Ends
Tom Cruise's New Satirical Comedy Digger Debuts With Divided Reviews
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Tom Cruise stars in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s black comedy “Digger” as an eccentric oil tycoon whose negligence triggers an ecological disaster and a political crisis. The role marks a sharp departure from Cruise’s familiar action-hero persona, with the film using satire to examine powerful figures and climate catastrophe. Critics are sharply divided: some praise Cruise’s transformation and the film’s ambition, while others fault its script and execution; its Rotten Tomatoes score was reported at 53% ahead of release. The Warner Bros. film also faces commercial pressure, with early North American opening projections below expectations and its high production and marketing costs making profitability a challenge, though international audiences could improve its prospects.
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The catastrophe begins when a methane explosion turns a widening crack beneath Digger’s Greenland oil rig into a crater; the resulting climate emergency could drown Norway, and the blast also raises questions about the deaths of oil workers.
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Digger is the first Tom Cruise-starring film to receive a Rotten Tomatoes score below 60% since The Mummy in 2017. Warner Bros. responded to the divided reviews with a social-media ad urging audiences to “Decide for yourself.”
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The film is scheduled to open Oct. 2 as a rare big-budget, star-driven R-rated original comedy. Its release is also a test for Warner Bros. after a run of box-office disappointments and as Paramount Skydance seeks to complete its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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