Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Divides Critics in First Reactions

Tom Cruise's new film "Digger," a satirical black comedy directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, has received sharply divided first reactions from film critics, with reviews ranging from "baffling" and "unpleasant" to "fascinating" and "audacious." Critics are split on the film's merits: some praise Cruise's performance and the visual inventiveness, while others criticize the imbalanced narrative and predict poor audience scores. The film stars Cruise as a wealthy tycoon whose oil rig malfunction causes a global environmental catastrophe, with a supporting cast including Riz Ahmed and John Goodman. "Digger" marks Cruise's return to adult-oriented drama after a decade of action roles, and his transformation involved heavy prosthetics that were reduced from six hours to one hour of application time. The film opens in theaters Oct. 1 from Warner Bros.