Great sleeper!!
Added 9/12/2009
Diggers is a great "feel good" movie. The cast is top notch. It takes you back to simpler times when smoking grass, drinking and eating pills and money problems were all you had to worry about. Hey?! That's just like present day! Superior writting. Buy it!
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Amiable ensemble cast indie
Added 5/21/2009
Supposedly set in 1976, this art house film borrows from movies like "Diner" to bring a group of male and female friends together as they hash out issues of young adulthood such as death, birth, money and the meaning of life. There's really precious little that evokes 1976 besides some TV clips of Jimmy Carter and Jerry Ford, and a few Bicentennial references that anyone under 30 won't get. Still, this is a pleasant film with a few mild laughs, almost no violence and some people you will at least not despise after 90 minutes. Lost opportunity for a much better soundtrack, but I guess that would have cost more money in licensing fees.
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captures the "lost " spirit of the '70's
Added 1/30/2009
Late 70's and clams on Long Island are going private.
Our hero's Dad dies and it isn't a bad idea to get numb? The times they are a changing for a group
of Long Island clam diggers.
Sorry about that...
all things end.
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I thought this was a well scripted well acted film. Set in the mid 70's, which bought back memories, Ken Marino not only done a great job writing the film but he was excellent acting in it as well. His character was my favourite. Working hard to put food on the table for his family, the only one of the four friends who is married and has 5 kids and a 6th on the way. Good humour in places. Paul Rudd was great as the lonely 30 something held back in this small town by family. Ron Eldard played the womaniser very well with his boyish good looks. Josh Hamilton added alot of the humour with his pot smoking hippy character typical of the times. All in all a great film, I would recommend watching to anyone.
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Thoroughly Satisfying and Enjoyable
Added 11/20/2007
This is another one of those movies that straddles the line between comedy and poignance. This is an excellent movie with an awesome cast. You really get an idea for the difficulties and lifestyle of these clam diggers. You know these guys are toast and how they're clinging to a life that is long gone.
The character who wrote the screenplay and acts as the least-favorable character was just an awesome actor. Also, Paul Rudd [of 40-Year old virgin fame, among others] is really impressing me for the quality of his acting. He's just a likeable, funny actor that you can't take your eyes off.
Totally recommended movie. Awesome. As good as "Herman USA"
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A Slice of Sealife Clam diggers
Added 10/13/2009
I can't say I enjoyed this movie but it was interesting to discover the world of clam diggers.
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