"Heaven-sent narrative!
If universities ever start graduate programs in rock stardom, 'Dig!' will surely be a cornerstone of the curriculum."
A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Fascinating! A combustible rock chronicle.
The richly deserving winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance."
Darren D'Addario, Time Out New York
"Terrific and fascinating! 'Dig' is chock full of drama yet too sympathetic to seem exploitative."
Dennis Harvey, Variety
"A viciously sharp essay on art, commerce, friendship and madness."
Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
"Powerful! Transcends the rock-doc genre."
Andrew Strickman, Rolling Stone
"Raucous! This no-holds-barred tour of chaos becomes an unsettling look
at the surprisingly thin line between clear-eyed success and blurry-eyed self-destruction."
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
"Arresting! Amazing footage of the rock life at its most exalted and most mundane.
An up close and personal look at a true rock 'n' roll animal."
James Greenberg, The Hollywood Reporter
"An improbable foundation for a meditation on the collision between art and commerce."
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
"Salieri and Mozart?"
Pater Keough, The Boston Phoenix
"Groovy!"
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
"Smashing! Awesomely in-depth and amazing in its intimacy."
Tim Merrill, Film Threat
"A fascinating journey."
Movie Poop Shoot
Must see film.
Elle
Seductive turbulence."The ultimate purity-vs-sell-out story, with the caution that the pure band is absolutely bonkers
Newsday
and the sell-outs aren't really sell-outs at all and, in fact, have never stopped honing their style and sound."
Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
"'Dig' expertly probes the relationships between people.
Timoner directs and edits with great pacing and a keen eye for drama.
The film mines some forcefully convincing ideas about jealousy, ambition, focus, discipline, and respect."
Stephen Garrett, indieWire
I cant remember a documentary that so elegantly capturesInterloper Films
the complete and utter self destruction of a man right before your eyes.
DIG! is supremely fascinating, highly watchable and must see cautionary tale for anyone who picks up a guitar.
Aint It Cool News
Like Spinal Tap----but for real "Timoner's hilarious portrait of the volatile rivalry between Courtney Taylorand Anton Newcombe,
the charismatic but self destructive leader of the BJM hasbeen described as ³an indie rock Amadeus.
Times On Line
Dig is about "the heros journey a sort of Greek, TragicHeros journey,
something really simple and personal. It starts out with normallife and descends into this call to arms of "Act Now."
Its STAR WARS and its APOCALYPSE NOW and its every great story and movie you've seen.
The Sentimentalist
This years already brought 2 rockdocumentarys about squabbling band mates:
Metallica Some Kind of Monster, andThe End of the Century The Story of the Ramones.
But those are mere lovers tiffs compared with the discord Ondi Timoner captured in DIG!,
an unflinchingchronicle of the volcanic relationship between 2 indie front men, the BJM's and DW.
Time Out New York