{"id":267313,"date":"2026-10-07T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/digger-director-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-reacts-to-negative-reviews-of-new-movie\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:46:09","slug":"digger-director-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-reacts-to-negative-reviews-of-new-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/digger-director-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-reacts-to-negative-reviews-of-new-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Digger\u2019 Director Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu Reacts to Negative Reviews of New Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/alejandro-digger-reviews.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"alejandro-digger-reviews\" alt=\"Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu and Tom Cruise pose at the Digger premiere in Japan\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/alejandro-gonzalez-innaritu\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rrit<\/strong><strong>u<\/strong><\/a> is speaking out about reviews for his latest movie, <em><strong>Digger<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 63-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker&#8217;s new film debuted in theaters this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to its theatrical release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/23\/tom-cruise-digger-first-reviews-reactions-critics-divided\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/23\/tom-cruise-digger-first-reviews-reactions-critics-divided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reviews started rolling in<\/a> with many mixed emotions about the movie, though it currently has a 52% Tomatometer score from critics on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/digger_2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/digger_2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new interview, <strong>Alejandro<\/strong> reacted to the reviews, noting how he&#8217;s okay with the negative ones. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/digger-bts.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/digger-bts-787x525.jpeg\" alt=\"Behind the scenes photo of Alejandro Innaritu, Tom Cruise and John Goodman on set of Digger\" class=\"wp-image-2298570\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Credit: Warner Bros<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I prefer that to the lukewarm reception,\u201d he told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/movies\/alejandro-g-inarritu-digger-movie.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/movies\/alejandro-g-inarritu-digger-movie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe movie is not perfect,\u201d he noted. \u201cI like taking risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alejandro<\/strong> also says he&#8217;s not surprised that his latest feat has drawn such mixed reactions, and says he&#8217;s not too worried about people not getting what its about.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think definitely it\u2019s an uncommon film. It\u2019s a provoking film,\u201d he shared. \u201cThat\u2019s the role of a film for me \u2014 let\u2019s start the conversation. My personal taste is films that try to tell me something in a different way. There\u2019s people that want more certainty in the storytelling, and that\u2019s OK too. This is not like an ice cream. So, yeah, we expected that, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you missed it, <em>Digger<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/10\/04\/tom-cruise-digger-box-office-opening-weekend-losses\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/10\/04\/tom-cruise-digger-box-office-opening-weekend-losses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombed at the box office<\/a> this past weekend, and is said to potentially lose up to $200 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie, starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/tom-cruise\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Tom Cruise<\/strong><\/a>, also has two big plot twists. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/10\/06\/digger-movie-has-two-big-twists-that-completely-change-everything-spoilers-revealed\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/10\/06\/digger-movie-has-two-big-twists-that-completely-change-everything-spoilers-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read about the spoilers here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/10\/07\/digger-director-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-reacts-to-negative-reviews-of-new-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Digger&#8217; Director Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu Reacts to Negative Reviews of New Movie<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News, Entertainment News &amp; Photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/10\/07\/digger-director-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-reacts-to-negative-reviews-of-new-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu is speaking out about reviews for his latest movie, Digger. The 63-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker&#8217;s new film debuted in theaters this past weekend. Prior to its theatrical release, reviews started rolling in with many mixed emotions about the movie, though it currently has a 52% Tomatometer score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. 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