Digger

Against [more] inventive and formidable dramas, "Digger" doesn't exactly stand out — perhaps because its terse David and Goliath conflict doesn't yield satisfyingly punchy results.

Georgis Grigorakis’s film may not revolutionize the western genre by transposing it to an unlikely setting, but it doesn’t dilute it either.

A world-weary but engaging film.

Mourikis and Pandazaras give flinty, restrained performances that gradually reveal sore, tender spots; in turn, a warm, hopeful heart thumps beneath the film's gorgeously grey, sodden surfaces...

A lyrical final scene earns this film’s fascinating tightrope of blunt, unsubtle sociopolitical commentary and character study.


Poetic and occasionally moving, but often meandering, unfocused and repetitive.

Vangelis Mourikis crafts a quietly superb performance as a farmer clinging to his rural existence, but its not enough to overcome the slow pacing and unimpactful story choices in the third act.

A mediocre movie with a stubbornly resistant message.

So rare is it for a film to land on 'it's complicated,' and how lovely it is when it does.

Rarely does a dusty plain or parched expanse creep into view, but Grigorakis understands his chosen genre, balancing his film on an archetypal oater.