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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 26 Jan 2021

I don’t know how many subscribers actually interested in its mature story and top-level craft will be able to unearth it from their Holidate-choked…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire (3,446) on 26 Jan 2021

The Dig is well played, especially by the leads, and visually gorgeous, but it lacks fire and ironically doesn’t get under the surface of its story…

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By Aparita Bhandari (53) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 21 Jan 2021

Although it all may veer towards a cliched representation of British-ness, Fiennes and Mulligan’s leading turns as Brown and Pretty are charming…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 14 Jan 2021

Mulligan — drawn, wan and yet steely here — and Fiennes’ lightly-laid-on sturdy working class polymath turn make The Dig touching and…

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By Matt Melis (6) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 14 Jan 2021

A touching film that perhaps spends a bit too much time digging in the wrong places…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 14 Jan 2021

It’s an intimate film that moves at the deliberate, careful pace of an excavation and, in so doing, uncovers a few gems along the way…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 14 Jan 2021

Gradually, and with the methodical patience of someone unearthing buried treasure with a tiny brush, The Dig reveals itself to be a story of…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 14 Jan 2021

The shape of its story is ultimately conventional, and the way in which it’s told can sometimes feel familiar – like a Sunday evening drama…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 13 Jan 2021

It’s hard to say whether the period this picture exhumes was any more innocent than what the world now faces, but that’s certainly the…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 13 Jan 2021

Simon Stone’s film, about a famous archaeological discovery, has an excellent cast, led by Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes and Lily James,…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Jan 2021

The storytelling is laced with a gentle thread of melancholy that makes this Netflix feature quite affecting…

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By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 13 Jan 2021

For all the film’s sweeping, romantic ideas, the actual experience of watching The Dig is a lot like sitting at a bus stop…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 Jan 2021

The Dig is actually not a very earthy film, though there is intelligence and sensitivity and a good deal of English restraint and English charm,…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 13 Jan 2021

Australian director Simon Stone’s (The Daughter) film delivers strong performances – from Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan in particular…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 13 Jan 2021

In some ways “The Dig” feels like its own artifact too, like a lost Anthony Minghella film made 30 years ago and buried until now…

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