# Guillermo del Toro defends Digger

> Del Toro calls Tom Cruise's Digger a theatrical experience.
- Title: Guillermo del Toro defends Digger · AV Club | Shortify
- Summary: Del Toro calls Tom Cruise's Digger a theatrical experience. Guillermo del Toro praised Digger as a theatrical experience despite mixed reviews, urging…
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- Source: AV Club — https://avclub.com/guillermo-del-toro-stumps-for-digger-tom-cruise
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## Guillermo del Toro defends Digger
Guillermo del Toro called Digger a theatrical experience on X.

> a theatrical experience
## Digger faces mixed reviews
Digger has low Rotten Tomatoes ratings and poor opening-weekend box office.
## Del Toro responds to IGN
Del Toro criticized IGN's review of Digger as 'entirely petty'.

> entirely petty
## Del Toro advocates for cinema
Del Toro called cinemas 'temples of images' and praised Digger's scale and ambition.

> temples of images
## Digger's critical reception
Critics called Digger's environmental message 'a duh' and its substance 'short shrift'.

> a duh
## Del Toro urges theater experience
Del Toro encouraged audiences to experience Digger's qualities in theaters, saying 'Dig or Die, c’mon!'

> dig or die, c’mon
## Key takeaway

Guillermo del Toro praised Digger as a theatrical experience despite mixed reviews, urging audiences to experience it in cinemas.