The Dig

Ronan Callahan (Moe Dunford) returns home after serving 15 years for the murder of his girlfriend. He finds her father Sean McKenna (Lorcan Cranitch) digging up his land looking for her missing body. Her sister Roberta McKenna (Emily Taaffe) struggles to get her father home. Ronan has no memory of that night due to his drinking. He cannot get rid of her father and decides to join his dig. Murphy (Francis Magee) is the family friend policeman who continues to harass Ronan.

This is quite a story concept. For a long time, I wasn't sure about the Roberta character or even the need for her. For most of this movie, I find her a distraction until the last part where it all makes sense. This Northern Ireland indie has some great actors. Despite only recognizing Magee, the actors are doing great work.

Watched this at Galway. Competant cinematography and good Irish cast who try their best in a film that really hasn't got much going on. Unfortunately no amount of slow-mo montages or forced dramatic moments can get around the fact that the story is weak. It's only around 90 minutes but feels much longer and the ending is just silly.

Starts out bleakley and gers better and better. really great acting from the 4 lead actors. I did kinda guess the ending but still great and shocking. give it a watch.

I enjoyed this film so much. The acting was great, the cinematography was appropriately rough and off-kilter which matched the way this film grapples with perspective and memory. I really felt the story and it haunted me after viewing it. I had deep discussions about this film, because it tackles elements of emotional trauma, justice, mystery, family, and community. There is so much meat on this bone, so much to "dig" into. I highly recommend this film for the indie film lovers who want to see something special that reverberates in the mind for a while.

Saw this at TIFF where it received positive reviews. I will definitely seek this film out on DVD or digital release. 8/10 (not 10 only because at times the dialogue was unintelligible, but that might have been due to my American ears)

I was enjoying this movie immensely, it's gritty and powerful which kept me watching with interest.

Sadly it's all let down by the ridiculous ending. I don't know why there is the need to shock viewers with something so out of the box and far-fetched. For a film which is extremely real it doesn't even make sense, anyone with any detection skills will be left scratching their heads.