The Dig

Bored me to death. The story had no legs so at the halfway point so a bunch of other people had to show up to carry it to the finish. The lead characters were good but the storyline and a poor representation of a miracle find in the ground - you could hardly make out the outline of a historical boat - was lame. The beautiful countryside moved it up one more star for me.

Fiennes and Mulligan are both absolutely excellent here but the supporting cast are more oafish with their acting and detract from what could have been a more sincere plot. All was going well until the director fancied he hadn’t enough material for a feature length film and suddenly introduced a whole new cast around the halfway point. So we get strange romance subplots to distract us from the main storyline and they felt shoehorned in. The child actor was kind of bad too unfortunately. There were some good elements here but it doesn’t quite hit the heights. Watched on Netflix.

Excellent drama for so many reasons. Just watch and enjoy.

Thus isn’t my type of film usually, but I found it to be enchanting and captivating. Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes are excellent, as is the young lad . A window on a dangerous time but also captures the charm of England back then , when everyone had manners and everything was done with TLC.

I just watched The Dig, and I have to say, it’s such a beautiful and moving film. I knew a little bit about the Sutton Hoo discovery, but this film really brings the whole story to life in such a heartfelt way. It’s not just about the archaeology; it’s about the people behind it and everything they went through.

Wonderful portrait of a upper-class women by Carey Mulligan

A wonderful account of the finding of the Sutton Hoo ship burial. Lots of beautifully filmed shots of the brooding and evocative Suffolk landscape set against a background of the beginning of WW2 and a movie that has plenty to say about the wider continuum too.

damn thing doesnt even have good story, it will make you bored and sleepy

The Dig is a heartwarming movie led by the amazing performances of Fiennes and Mulligan as well as beautiful cinematography of England's countryside. However, in my opinion, the plotline surrounding the love story takes away from these strong elements, ultimately bloating the movie unnecessarily.

Elegante dramma storico che basa le sue fondamenta su fatti realmente accaduti. Molto ben evidenziato e comprensibile il contesto a cavallo dell'inizio della seconda guerra mondiale. Tantissima attenzione è poi posta sui protagonisti ma in generale quasi la totalità dei personaggi, a prescindere dalla loro importanza, ad avere una personalità definita e a destare interesse per motivi differenti. Altissima attenzione è prestata alla fotografia, poetica e davvero ben riuscita in zone poco note al cinema. Per piccoli tratti probabilmente il ritmo è leggermente troppo basso ma si adatta alla perfezione ai luoghi e alla fotografia. L'unica vera pecca è l'assenza di qualche cenno in più alla storia vera, di quelle fotografie che così tanti richiami hanno durante la pellicola e che vengono invece limitate alla ricostruzione attoriale.