Diggers
2006 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 6.0 · 68% critics
Set in 1976 on Long Island’s South Shore, this coming-of-age drama follows four working-class friends whose lives are tied to generations of clam digging. As their neighborhood and personal lives begin to shift, they struggle to hold onto tradition while facing an uncertain future.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2007-04-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (51 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy thoughtful, low-key dramas about friendship, family tradition, and growing up amid change, in the vein of Kicking and Screaming or Prince Avalanche; Not for you if you want fast pacing or big dramatic twists.
Pros: grounded coming-of-age story; strong sense of place; relatable life changes | Cons: low-key pacing; modest stakes; quiet overall tone
Themes
- sibling relationship
- 1970s
- coming of age
- long island, new york
- working class
- skinny dipping
- substance abuse
- woman director
- father son relationship
- mother son relationship
- father daughter relationship
- mother daughter relationship
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Paul Rudd
as Hunt
Lauren Ambrose
as Zoey
Josh Hamilton
as Cons
Ron Eldard
as Jack
Ken Marino
as Lozo
Sarah Paulson
as Julie
Maura Tierney
as Gina
Beeson Carroll
as Hunt's Father
Jack A. O'Connell
as Mr. Wilson
Mather Zickel
as Alan
Directed by Katherine Dieckmann