New Statesman · 21 Oct 2026
Pawlikowski’s Fatherland makes every minute count
It is not just Digger’s cat that’s incontinent; it’s the whole movie. The catastrophe that is the Tom Cruise vehicle Digger is excessive in almost every way but, primarily, it is, like nearly all major productions now, simply much too long, running to over two hours. These days, only 7 per cent of movies come in under 90 minutes, once the norm.
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