Anne Hathaway gives Tom Cruise’s box office flop top review despite critics savaging his new film
The Oscar-winning actress gave her support on Letterboxd, delivering a glowing verdict on the controversial satire Digger.
Anne Hathaway has thrown her support behind Tom Cruise’s latest film, awarding his divisive dark comedy Digger a five-star review after it struggled at the American box office and received a mixed response from critics.
The Oscar-winning actress, 43, published her first written review on the film-sharing platform Letterboxd, praising the new satire directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, 63.
Her endorsement came days after Digger, starring Tom, 64, as an oil tycoon attempting to save the world from a natural disaster, reportedly opened to $8 million in North America.
The review also follows the announcement Anne and Tom are due to work together on a sequel to his 1990 racing drama Days of Thunder, scheduled for 2028.
Anne wrote about Digger: “I loved this brilliant movie. It’s smart and trippy and aggressive and funny and ambitious.”
She added: “It’s worth making the time see and decide for yourself what you make of it. For me? 10/10.”
The endorsement marked the first time Anne had publicly reviewed a film on Letterboxd, where users can record the movies they have watched, publish their opinions and award ratings out of five stars.
Anne appears to have created her official account in April, when she began recording films including Sinners, Bugonia, Eden and One Battle After Another.
Her viewing diary subsequently included several films in which she appeared during 2026, among them The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street and Verity.
Between July and October, her activity on the platform consisted of entries for her own recent releases, making her public endorsement of Digger a departure from her previous posts.
Her profile also lists four favourite films: the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck, the 1934 comedy It Happened One Night, the 1975 Soviet drama Mirror and the 2017 period film Phantom Thread.
The latter stars Daniel Day-Lewis, 69, while It Happened One Night features Clark Gable, who died in 1960 aged 59.
Anne’s review quickly became one of the most popular responses to Digger on Letterboxd, where the film had an average score of 3.8 out of five from more than 2,300 users.
The film’s reception has been markedly different among professional critics, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting that 52% of nearly 300 reviewers gave it a positive assessment as of Thursday 8 October.
Audience reactions have been more favourable, with 73 percent of users who submitted ratings to the website responding positively.
Digger follows Tom as a wealthy oil magnate whose activities threaten to unleash an environmental catastrophe.
The film represents a departure from the large-scale action franchises for which Tom has become best known, particularly Mission: Impossible and Top Gun.
Directed by Alejandro, whose previous films include Birdman and The Revenant, the satire has attracted sharply divided responses since its first screenings.
Its disappointing opening weekend also coincided with a strong performance from Anne’s latest film, Verity, which topped the North American box office.
The psychological thriller, adapted from the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover, 46, stars Anne alongside Dakota Johnson, 37, and Josh Hartnett, 48.
Released on 2 October, Verity earned approximately $32 million during its opening weekend, four times the domestic takings of Digger.
The film follows a struggling writer who is employed to complete the work of an incapacitated bestselling novelist, leading to disturbing discoveries about the author’s family.
Anne plays the title character in the adaptation, which adds to a busy year for the actress.
Her recent releases have also included The Devil Wears Prada 2, in which she returned to the role of Andy Sachs, two decades after the original film.
The sequel reunited Anne with Meryl Streep, 77, and Emily Blunt, 43, who reprised their roles as Miranda Priestly and Emily Charlton.
Anne also appeared in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, playing Penelope in the adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, and in The End of Oak Street.
The actress, who won an Academy Award for her performance as Fantine in Les Misérables, first achieved international recognition playing Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries.
Her other major films include The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, The Intern and The Idea of You.
