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The Dig

2021, Drama, 1h 52m

158 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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Featuring beautifully matched performances from Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan set against gorgeously filmed English countryside, The Dig yields period drama treasures. Read critic reviews

Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan tap the tear ducts with this great-looking historical romance -- it's slow, but it'll make you feel like you've been to the British countryside before World War II. Read audience reviews

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Movie Info

An excavator and his team discover a wooden ship from the Dark Ages while digging up a burial ground on a woman's estate.

Rating: PG-13 (Brief Sensuality|Partial Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Director: Simon Stone
Producer: Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Murray Ferguson, Gabrielle Tana, Ellie Wood
Writer: Moira Buffini
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 2021 limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2021
Runtime: 1h 52m
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Clerkenwell Films, Netflix, Magnolia Mae Films

Cast & Crew

Carey Mulligan

Edith Pretty

Ralph Fiennes

Basil Brown

Lily James

Peggy Preston

Johnny Flynn

Rory Lomax

Ben Chaplin

Stuart Piggott

Ken Stott

Charles Phillips

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Critic Reviews for The Dig

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Audience Reviews for The Dig

May 14, 2021

When it focuses on the titular dig the movie can often be quite moving, I just wish that the superfluous elements, which eat up a huge portion of the runtime, were as focused and nuanced.

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Feb 23, 2021

If I was an archeologist I would've loved The Dig. But I'm not, and while it is beautifully filmed, the movie is overstuffed with too many simultaneous character dramas, world events and museum intrigue. But I may be falling in love with Carey Mulligan. After her spunky performance in Promising Young Woman, she is fantastic again as a sickly and pensive wealthy landowner. If you're a fan of English period pieces, warts and all, this is for you.

mark b Super Reviewer
Jan 31, 2021

I can't honestly say that the premise of this film grabbed my attention but I was pleasantly surprised by the end results. Held together by two very well pitched performances from Carey Mulligan and, especially, Ralph Fiennes, The Dig is a somber and affecting true story juggling the themes of past, present and future. It's oddly captivating and, in all honesty, quite entertaining.

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