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Digging for Fire

Play trailer 2:15 Poster for Digging for Fire R Released Aug 21, 2015 1h 23m Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A house sitter (Jake Johnson) becomes an amateur sleuth after finding a bone and a gun on the property.
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Digging for Fire finds director/co-writer Joe Swanberg working from a familiar palette, but in ways that suggest he's taking new and exciting strides as a filmmaker.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire The size of that ensemble and Swanberg's particular way of sorta hazily drifting from one half-overheard conversation to the next gives the picture a Robert Altman vibe that's never really been present in his work before. May 30, 2016 Full Review Wesley Morris Grantland The movie has been dedicated to Paul Mazursky, the great radiologist of American social interplay who died last year. But Swanberg is still murmuring where Mazursky could speechify, gesticulate, and shout, sometimes in the same sequence. Sep 11, 2015 Full Review Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer Conversations drift and weave, as do the people having them. Narcissistic melancholy dukes it out with beer-and-pot-stoked merriment. There is longing. There is foolhardiness. Rated: 3/4 Aug 27, 2015 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Either it's fresh and interesting enough to keep you guessing or it's maddeningly lost and too unstructured for not really coming to a conclusion or making a point in the end. Rated: 2/5 Apr 7, 2024 Full Review Leo Brady AMovieGuy.com Digging for Fire is Swanberg's best film to date. I enjoyed finding what's buried beneath his style. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 31, 2021 Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies The frivolous blend of ludicrous mystery and tepid romance offered in Digging For Fire got me quickly bored. Rated: 2/5 Nov 2, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tim M Why is this listed as a Thriller? It's a snooze fest, nothing thrilling about it whatsoever Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/19/22 Full Review Audience Member A slight returning to the well for director Joe Swanberg in that this movie does a very similar thing to his movie Drinking Buddies. It addresses the subtle cracks in relationships that continue to expand over time. Unfortunately, by comparison Digging for Fire feels mundane and almost useless. It has a great ensemble cast but they have nothing to do and certainly very little that is interesting to say. It feels pretty manufactured despite its core messages being fairly resounding. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked the vibe and the cast, but it's not that cohesive of a movie and certainly not a "mystery/thriller" as it is listed here. It's more of a light indie comedy/drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Not sure why this scored so low on Rotten Tomatoes... feel like i saw a different movie to whoever scored it low? It's a great indie, was unpredictable, some funny bits, felt very real and honest. It's not trying to be anything. An intriguing story about a certain point in your life when you're young parents and trying to figure out your life - which I'm leading up to now, so maybe that's why i related and got so much from it. In a nut shell: About relationships yet about individuals; Fun yet serious; Comedic yet emotional; Adventurous yet down to earth. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review steve d Nothing interesting going on and the entire cast has nothing to do. A completely forgettable film. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review camille l Digging For Fire ressemble exactement à ce qu'on peut attendre d'une nouvelle collaboration entre Joe Swanberg et Jake Johnson. Totalement improvisé, parfois très nombriliste, avec des personnages insupportables qui se comportent comme des égoïstes geignards, Digging for Fire est pourtant une nouvelle preuve que ces deux hommes fonctionnent parfaitement ensemble. Cela ne raconte rien, mais c'est tout à fait passionnant, surtout grâce à des interprétations de grande classe comme Sam Rockwell, Mike Birbiglia et surtout Jake Johnson himself en très grande forme. Cela n'attirera pas de nouveaux fans pour Swanberg mais ne décevra pas les déjà présents. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A house sitter (Jake Johnson) becomes an amateur sleuth after finding a bone and a gun on the property.
Director
Joe Swanberg
Producer
Joe Swanberg, Jake Johnson, Alicia Van Couvering
Screenwriter
Joe Swanberg, Jake Johnson
Distributor
The Orchard
Production Co
Garrett Motion Pictures
Rating
R (Drug Use|Brief Graphic Nudity|Language|Some Sexual References)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 21, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$119.4K
Runtime
1h 23m
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