Guillermo Del Toro is publicly declaring his love for “Digger.”
“Funny, I go into the platform and without even scrolling down, these are popping at the top of my timeline…” he wrote alongside the repost. “So… I will just keep posting them. Tune in or drop out—” In another repost, he wrote, “Dig or Die – c’mon!”
Funny, I go into the platform and without even scrolling down, these are popping at the top of my timeline… So… I will just keep posting them. Tune in or drop out- Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) October 2, 2026
Del Toro also compared the negative reviews of “Digger” to those of “The Big Lebowski,” “The King of Comedy,” and “The Counselor,” all of which drew scrutiny at release but later found appreciation with audiences.
I remember the review for BIG LEBOWSKI and KING OF COMEDY and a few more… to me (I know it is still not accepted) THE COUNSELOR and all the ones in your list. Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) October 2, 2026
“Digger” is currently at just 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman said that, although the film feels like a comedy, it failed to actually be funny. “I’m not sure that ‘Digger’ is going to connect, because it’s so full of itself — so top-heavy with importance,” Gleiberman wrote in his review. “The movie cost north of $125 million to make, and that figure is not only too big to probably justify itself; it’s a testament to the arrogance of the filmmakers — to the assumption that we’ll turn out in droves for this ponderous absurdist lecture.”
