Direction: Joe Swanberg
Country: USA
The frivolous blend of ludicrous mystery and tepid romance offered in Digging For Fire got me quickly bored. Writer/director Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies) fails to surprise, while actors Jake Johnson (who co-wrote based on his real experience) and Rosemary DeWitt never stepped it up. During a planned house sitting weekend at a client’s, a tired yoga teacher and her relaxed husband go on separate adventures.
The problem is that both adventures are terribly unsatisfying and real laughs are missing, taking this unfurnished two-sided tale to drag along with no gravity whatsoever, but rather burdensome moves that often feel contrived.
