Despite the negative reception from critics, Anne Hathaway is defending Tom Cruise‘s Digger.
The Oscar winner, who recently joined Letterboxd, shared her review of director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy, which centers on an egotistical oil tycoon who embarks on a mission to stop a natural disaster he unleashed.
“I loved this brilliant movie,” she wrote. “It’s smart and trippy and aggressive and funny and ambitious. It’s worth making the time see and decide for yourself what you make of it. For me? 10/10.”
While The Odyssey star also gave the film five stars, she listed four other pics as her favorites, including Moonstruck, It Happened One Night, Mirror and Phantom Thread.
Hathaway’s comments came after her new movie Verity — in which she stars opposite Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett — battled Digger at the opening box office weekend. Though it wasn’t much of a fight, as Verity completely dominated. As of Thursday, Verity has grossed more than $70.8 million worldwide, while Digger has notched $24.9 million globally.
Cruise’s pic has faced a challenging path, receiving a 52 percent approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score was slightly better at 73 percent. On Letterboxd, Digger boasts an impressive 3.8/5 audience score from almost 350,000 users. In his review for The Hollywood Reporter, however, chief film critic David Rooney dismissed the film as “dead and buried, or ought to be.”
Following the film’s disappointing box office debut, Cruise posted on X, “Digger is officially in theaters and I am so honored to have had the opportunity to create this film alongside such talented artists. Thank you to the entire cast and crew for your dedication, hard work and joy. The experience was truly unforgettable and I’m so proud of what we created.”
Hathaway will next star opposite Cruise in the Days of Thunder sequel at Paramount, which is set to be released on June 2, 2028.
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