Andrew Cherry, Josh Hamilton, Lauren Ambrose
A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them.
DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
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Flixster Reviews (319)
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August 14, 2008"Diggers" is the kind of movie that i've always cherished. It's a movie with absolutely no objective and no set destination. It simply exists. We meet these characters who have already been living, and they continue to live on long after the running time of the film. And yet, it'...( read more)
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May 5, 2007Very well written screenplay and carried out beautifully by the actors involved. Some may argue that there isn't much going on, but the truth is there is a very deep story here about guys in their 30s having a difficult time with the normal trial and tribulations in life.
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June 23, 2009Considering I'm in love with all of the main actors, it seems crazy that I hadn't heard of this movie until randomly coming across it, but overall it was just sort of mediocre. I would say all of the high points come from Lauren Ambrose and a highly drug-influenced josh hamilton-...( read more)
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June 17, 2009Pretty sad, pretty cute, pretty funny and it has pretty boy P. Rudd in it. Shows how everyone is dysfunctional in ways, and has regrets to overcome. One of the quotes from the movie was mistakes are the portals to improvement (or something like that). It's basically a poor perso...( read more)
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March 30, 2009Wow. I really loved this movie. It's one of those low key little gems that you end up loving even more because you know you're one of twenty people who have seen it. A nice simple slice of life movie. Anyone who thinks Paul Rudd is hilarious should see this because he's a great ...( read more)
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March 15, 2009Wow I love Paul Rudd - nice to see him in a dramatic role again. The story of 4 friends who are all clam diggers during the 1970s on Long Island New York when the big companies were taking the business away from all of the independent diggers who were there for generations. The...( read more)
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April 4, 2008WOW,What a wonderful film.I loved it.Loved the actors.Loved the unique storyline.These are real people that are going through life their way.It's funny,sad and all that jazz.I am very glad I purchased this film.I know that we all have our own stories.It's how we tell them .
Critic Reviews
April 27, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
April 26, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Even when the episodic story wanders, the underlying sincerity and good humor of the piece is winning. It's amusing and affecting yet never sentimental. full review
April 17, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Captures the way in which love and feelings about the past can sometimes be conflicted, if not downright irrational. full review
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