Tom Cruise’s Digger is a mess at the box office, but Anne Hathaway just called it brilliant. And she’s not alone in her praise. The actress dropped a five-star Letterboxd review on Thursday morning, calling the film 'smart and trippy' — a phrase that’s already trending on social media. 'It’s aggressive, funny, ambitious,' she wrote. 'For me? 10/10.' Her verdict landed like a grenade in a room full of lukewarm critics. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 52%. North American opening: $8 million. Worldwide: $20 million. Not a hit. Not even close. But Hathaway isn’t backing down. She wants people to see it for themselves. 'It’s worth making the time to see,' she said. No fanfare. No hype. Just a simple plea: watch it. Then decide. That’s the kind of thing you don’t say when you’re trying to sell a movie. You say it when you’re defending one. And this one’s being defended hard. Guillermo del Toro took to X and called it 'daring, bold, cinematically complex.' Glen Powell, Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star, described it as a 'visionary spectacle' and said he believes it will 'stand the test of time.' So what’s going on? Digger, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, stars Cruise as Digger Rockwell, a ruthless oil tycoon whose decisions trigger an environmental collapse. It’s a dark satire, part political thriller, part climate parable. With Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Jesse Plemons and John Goodman in supporting roles. The tone is jagged. The structure is fractured. Critics are split. Some love the audacity. Others think it’s overreaching. But the real story isn’t the reviews. It’s the silence around the backlash. No major studio panic. No reshoots. No PR fire drills. Cruise, 64, hasn’t flinched. In fact, during a recent interview on the On Film With Kevin McCarthy podcast, he said he doesn’t even think about opening weekends anymore. 'When I am making [movies], I’m not going, “Opening weekend!”' He’s still in the game. And so is the film. Whether it finds its audience or fades into the noise of 2026’s cinematic graveyard remains to be seen. But right now, the loudest voice in the room belongs to Anne Hathaway, and she’s not letting go.
Photo via OK! MagazineAnne Hathaway Praises Tom Cruise’s Digger: 'Smart and Trippy'
Anne Hathaway defends Tom Cruise’s divisive new film Digger, calling it 'brilliant' and 'ambitious'—even as it flops at the box office.
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