Diggers

Diggers is set in 1976 among clam diggers on the South Shore of Long Island, where four working-class friends have followed their fathers and grandfathers into the same trade. When the family patriarch dies, Hunt and his companions find their footing shaken. The men must weigh their attachment to their hometown against their own ambitions as the area around them changes, and Hunt's interest in photography pulls him toward a life beyond the neighborhood. An encounter with Zoey, a woman from Manhattan, adds to that pull.

The film was directed by Katherine Dieckmann and written by Ken Marino, who also appears in the cast. It was her first feature, followed by Motherhood in 2009 and Strange Weather in 2016. Paul Rudd plays Hunt, with Lauren Ambrose as Zoey and Josh Hamilton, Ron Eldard, Ken Marino and Sarah Paulson in supporting roles.

Released in April 2007, the film runs 96 minutes. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.3 from roughly 3,300 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6 out of 10 from a much smaller group of 52 voters. The two audiences broadly agree, placing the film in moderate territory.