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Digging for Fire (2015)

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Digging for Fire

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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 100
    IndieWire
    IndieWire
    The movie delivers a bewitching dissection of happiness and unhappiness in love. Digging for Fire is a promising peek into the future of Swanberg, and one that only signals more to come.
  • 90
    Variety
    Variety
    A lovely slice of everything and nothing.
  • 90
    Screen DailyTim Grierson
    Screen DailyTim Grierson
    This is a moody comedy about unconscious marital discord, but it’s also about that ineffable discontent that envelops most of us. Digging For Fire is funny because it rings true — and because it stings a little.
  • 88
    Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
    Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
    Reminiscent of Woody Allen's great, under-sung Manhattan Murder Mystery, it utilizes a pulp conceit as a shorthand for the regrets that bubble up in a marriage.
  • 75
    The PlaylistRodrigo Perez
    The PlaylistRodrigo Perez
    Digging For Fire is low-lit and pitched in a minor key, a quiet meditation on compromise, individuality, the loss of identity within a marriage, and the aftermath of disorientation that comes with having children and losing touch with your former life.
  • 75
    New York PostSara Stewart
    New York PostSara Stewart
    Per Swanberg’s signature style, the dialogue is largely improvised, the performances loose and funny. This may be his most star-studded cast yet, but the work is as intimate (“mumblecore” is so passé) as ever.
  • 75
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    The movie steps lively with buoyant humor and palpable sexual tension, but keep an eye out for the dark places.
  • 70
    The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
    The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
    More lightweight than its ample talk of weighty subjects suggests, the film is nevertheless enjoyable.
  • 70
    Village Voice
    Village Voice
    Digging for Fire affably drifts by, bolstered by some strong set pieces.
  • 58
    Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty
    Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty
    What starts off as a promising indie about a couple (Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt) trying to balance their own needs versus their partner’s quickly goes south in director Joe Swanberg’s latest meditation on aging-hipster malaise.
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