Wow, what a surprise! My girlfriend and I are going through all of Paul Rudd's movies (we met him last year {name drop} at a Hollywood premier). To tell you the truth, I was a bit uninspired by this challenge. He has very good films under his belt, but I thought I had seen all the good ones. Our viewing of THE CHATEAU seemed to confirm that for me. But this film really blew me away.

It is about the inhabitants of a small East Coast town where all the men work as clam diggers. It is set in the mid 70's, and feels like it was written by someone that grew up there. It felt very authentic. The writer…

When critics talk about the "stakes" of a film I usually tune out and wait until a more interesting subject is discussed. It's one of those things that seems redundant; it can only be seen by its absence. Were I looking for an example to illustrate this point, I would have to include Diggers on the short list of films that perfectly articulates what it looks like when the stakes are nil.

Diggers is little more than a collection of nostalgic scene studies strung together on the thinnest of dramatic pretexts. This film moves along at a snail's pace and I had to strain to stick with it. The characters aren't nearly as vital as their 70s-era clothing, and their…

Wow, what a surprise! My girlfriend and I are going through all of Paul Rudd's movies (we met him last year {name drop} at a Hollywood premier). To tell you the truth, I was a bit uninspired by this challenge. He has very good films under his belt, but I thought I had seen all the good ones. Our viewing of THE CHATEAU seemed to confirm that for me. But this film really blew me away.

It is about the inhabitants of a small East Coast town where all the men work as clam diggers. It is set in the mid 70's, and feels like it was written by someone that grew up there. It felt very authentic. The writer…