Was 'Digger' Better Than Critics Are Saying?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 20

Many critics panned the new Tom Cruise climate movie Digger. Jayson Greene, critic and author of the novel UnWorld and Molly Taft, senior writer for WIRED, covering climate change, energy, and the environment unpack why they think might actually be a great climate movie, despite not being a great movie movie.

Photo: Tom Cruise attends the "Digger" Korea Press Conference on October 01, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Warner Bros. via Getty Images)

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