The Dig
  • Title: The Dig
  • Original Title: The Dig
  • Release Date: 14/01/2021
  • Tagline: Nothing stays lost forever.
  • Duration:112 Min / 01:52
  • Country:GB
  • Genre:DramaHistory

About Film

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.

Movie Rating: 6.87

Total Votes: 1235

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msbreviews
msbreviews
7/10
Before watching this film, I had absolutely no idea who Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes), Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan), or even Peggy Piggott (Lily James) were and what they did. As an engineer and a science enthusiast myself, I rarely struggle to find some sort of enjoyment in movies based on true stories about scientific discoveries, technological...
narrator56
narrator56
8/10
The Dig reminded me of another movie about archaeology and which was not only also based on a true story but also involved a woman’s contribution to that scientific field. That other movie was Ammonite, about a woman archaeologist in a time when women were more than rare in that field of endeavor. Unlike that character, however, Edith Pretty...