**"Digger," Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy starring Tom Cruise as an eccentric oil tycoon racing to avert an environmental catastrophe he caused, opened in theaters October 2 after its review embargo lifted September 29.** Early critic reactions proved sharply divided, praising the film’s audacious visual style, high-concept ambition, and Cruise’s committed, over-the-top performance while criticizing its mannered execution, uneven satire, and occasional self-indulgence. The Tomatometer quickly settled at 52% from 250 reviews, with a Metacritic score of 45 and a CinemaScore of C+, marking Cruise’s first certified rotten film in nearly a decade. Guillermo del Toro publicly defended the project’s scale and daring on October 3 amid weak opening-weekend tracking. With the Polymarket resolving on the October 5 score, additional reviews and audience metrics could produce minor fluctuations around the current mixed consensus.