The Dig

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The Dig

PG-13,

2021,

1h 52m,

Drama

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87%

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An excavator and his team discover a wooden ship from the Dark Ages while digging up a burial ground on a woman's estate.

Critics Consensus

Featuring beautifully matched performances from Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan set against gorgeously filmed English countryside, The Dig yields period drama treasures.

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Audience Says

Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan tap the tear ducts with this great-looking historical romance -- it's slow, but it'll make you feel like you've been to the British countryside before World War II.

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Feb 28, 2021

3/5

The elegance in The Dig lies in what it says about the continuity of life rather than the finality of death.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Feb 3, 2021

It's remarkably moving. By Jupiter, I even cried by the end.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Jan 31, 2021

3/5

This bittersweet tale of the unearthing of the Sutton Hoo treasures on the eve of the second world war has gentle charm to spare.

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

Jan 16, 2025

3/5

At its best, The Dig transcends the clichés of typical British costume drama and lays bare the feelings that its protagonists are all trying so hard to hide.

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Daryl MacDonald

InSession Film

Apr 26, 2024

C

The superb acting and gorgeous cinematography, however, isn’t enough to stop The Dig from getting a little side-tracked and bogged down in unimportant side plots and characters who don’t add much to the story.

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Pradeep Menon

Firstpost

Oct 11, 2023

3/5

Poetic, wistful and elevated with exquisite imagery, The Dig romanticises the unearthing of history.

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Simon Stone

Director

Carey Mulligan

Edith Pretty

Ralph Fiennes

Basil Brown

Lily James

Peggy Preston

Johnny Flynn

Rory Lomax

Ben Chaplin

Stuart Piggott

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Synopsis

An excavator and his team discover a wooden ship from the Dark Ages while digging up a burial ground on a woman's estate.

Director: Simon Stone
Producer: Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Murray Ferguson, Gabrielle Tana, Ellie Wood
Screenwriter: Moira Buffini
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Netflix, Magnolia Mae Films, Clerkenwell Films
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Brief Sensuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2021
Runtime: 1h 52m

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