The Dig (2021)

A British landowner hires an excavator to dig into the mounds on her property. When he makes the find of a lifetime, the museums and government predictably swoop in to take control.

I was really enjoying this quiet story of two people determined to peek into the past and treat the finds with the respect deserved. But then the script shifted focus to a ridiculous pasted-on "love story" concerning a young archaeologist, her obviously gay husband, and the strapping cousin of the landowner. Just no.

C+