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21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
68/100
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Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Unfortunately for Tom Cruise and Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "Digger" is neither of those things.
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Digger → win → things
Cruise is nearly unrecognizable, buried under layers upon layers of prosthetics transforming himself into Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil tycoon who has affection for his wealth and his chronically ill robotic-like cat Maggie.
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who → bury → wealth
Digger doesn't like to take no for an answer, even as he's repeatedly warned that a crack at his oil drilling site in Greenland could lead to catastrophe.
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crack → like → catastrophe
Well, catastrophe quickly takes shape — what started as a small crack turned into an explosion seemingly in the blink of an eye, causing a massive ice shelf to break off and head straight to Europe.
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shelf → take → Europe
The worst fears of a tsunami and mass flooding impacting tens of millions of Europeans may become a reality.
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tsunami → impact → Europeans
The international dilemma puts Digger in the crosshairs — with President Compson (John Goodman) and his evangelical cabinet rushing to his remote taxidermy-filled estate to do damage control.
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Compson → put → control
What's frustrating about "Digger" is that it has all the pieces of a great film.
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it → have → film
As much as there is to admire Cruise as an actor, his performance here feels like a mishmash of his past performances (see Les Grossman in "Tropic Thunder," or Frank T.J. Mackey in "Magnolia").
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performance → be → Magnolia
This has been positioned as the role that could finally earn him a competitive Oscar, but he and the rest of the top-tier cast give one-note performances, most of which involve yelling hysterically.
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most → position → which
Goodman's Compson clearly borrows elements from Donald Trump, but love or hate Trump, at least he's a nuanced man.
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he → borrow → Trump
Oscar-nominated German actress Sandra Hüller ("Anatomy of a Fall," "Project Hail Mary") is utterly wasted playing Digger's half sister Emma, spending all her screen time complaining how Digger's global disaster will negatively impact her environmental non-profit (which he funds anyway).
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he → nominate → which
The only cast member who remotely gives a compelling performance is Riz Ahmed, who plays the soft-spoken scientist who has been sounding the alarm about the consequences of Rockwell Corp's costly drilling.
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who → give → drilling
Iñárritu, who directed and co-wrote 2014's Best Picture winner "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" — an actual great satire about showbiz — attempts to swing big here but ultimately strikes out.
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winner → direct → showbiz
Iñárritu takes bold narrative risks with plot twists that are commendable, yet there isn't enough for an audience to engage with.
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audience → take → twists
"Digger" clearly tries to emulate Stanley Kubrick's 1964 Oscar-nominated classic "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," which is regarded as one of the greatest movie satires of all time.
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which → try → time
Instead, it's more like 2021's "Don't Look Up," the insufferable satire from Adam McKay that's a giant metaphor for climate change (of course, the Academy gave it a Best Picture nod).
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Academy → look → nod
Both sacrifice humor for over-the-top preachiness.
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Both → sacrifice → preachiness
The most redeeming aspect of "Digger" is that it was still incredibly well-crafted between the stunning visuals from Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and the whimsical score from Cosmo Sheldrake.
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it → craft → Sheldrake
Despite Cruise and Iñárritu's best efforts, "Digger" is truly a mess of a film that's unworthy of the work we're used to seeing from the two of them.
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we → use → them
You're better off revisiting "Dr. Strangelove," "Birdman" or any Cruise classic.
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You → revisit → Strangelove
"Digger" is rated R for pervasive language.
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Digger → rat → language
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