An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.... (Full plot summary below)
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An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustSometimes you just don’t want a movie to end. The characters are so vivid and multidimensional, the milieu so inviting, the circumstances so compelling, you don’t want to let go. The Dig, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes, is such a movie. |
| Paste MagazineAparita BhandariAlthough it all may veer towards a cliched representation of British-ness, Fiennes and Mulligan’s leading turns as Brown and Pretty are charming. |
| The Associated PressLindsey BahrIn some ways “The Dig” feels like its own artifact too, like a lost Anthony Minghella film made 30 years ago and buried until now. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakWith superb performances (Fiennes, Mulligan, James, and Flynn shine), gorgeous cinematography, lyrical editing, and a complementary score, the film proves a melancholic wonder that isn’t easily forgotten. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriDeath is intercut with passion, as tragedy and glory tangle onscreen. It’s as if the dig itself radiates out a new understanding of existence, revealing both the broad arc of history and the curlicues of love, loyalty, and loss that abound within it. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanGradually, and with the methodical patience of someone unearthing buried treasure with a tiny brush, The Dig reveals itself to be a story of love and estrangement, of things lost and longed for, of life and death — of what lasts and what doesn’t. |
| Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganAustralian director Simon Stone’s (The Daughter) film delivers strong performances – from Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan in particular – and top-level craft, but with an undercurrent of real emotion which sensitively conveys the fragility of lives and time. To use another of those abused words, it’s captivating. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThere are moments of emotion and triumph, especially during the sequences of discovery, but the mood overall is understated, quiet, thoughtful. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzI don’t know how many subscribers actually interested in its mature story and top-level craft will be able to unearth it from their Holidate-choked queues, but here’s hoping some are willing to embark on the excavation. |
| Slant MagazineDan RubinsThe Dig clearly relishes in having found so many fascinating real people arriving at one place at once. |
