{
  "id": 9202126,
  "title": "‘Digger’ First Reactions Divide Critics: ‘Audacious,’ ‘Hollow Misfire,’ and ‘Massive Swing’ with Tom Cruise’s ‘Best Performance’ in Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/digger-first-reactions-divide-critics-audacious-hollow-misfire-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T21:33:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/digger-movie-first-reactions-1235218067/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Critics and early press have seen Alejandro G. Iñárritu's apocalyptic satire, which opens October 2 from Warner Bros. Pictures. Reactions are all over the place and fiercely divided.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘Digger’ First Reactions Split Over Tom Cruise’s ‘Baffling,’ ‘Unpleasant’ and ‘Brave’ New Movie: ‘The Divide on This Is Going to Be Wide’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/digger-first-reactions-split-over-tom-cruises-baffling-unpleasant-and",
        "published": "2026-09-22T21:35:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Digger’ First Reactions: Tom Cruise’s New Movie Is ‘Ambitious, Messy and Strange’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/digger-first-reactions-tom-cruises-new-movie-is-ambitious-messy-and",
        "published": "2026-09-22T22:48:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}