Review of Destroyer (2018) by Jluis_001 — 02 Feb 2019
In the last 5 years Nicole Kidman has have a career with quite diverse roles in dark films like The Killing of a Sacred Deer and indie films like The Family Fang, Lion and How to Talk to Girls at Parties and also roles like Queen Atlanna in the recent Aquaman.
And now in Destroyer she's unrecognizable, delivering one of the best roles of her career but unfortunately the script is not so well built and the narrative devices used by its director Karyn Kusama aren't the greatest and her final work is rewarded and to some extent more salvageable because of the work of her protagonist. And I say this because of having employed an actress who had not committed as Kidman perhaps this film wouldn't have worked in the same way.
Is it worth it? Yes, but in this case it does more because of the acting work of Nicole Kidman than for Kusama's direction.
This review of Destroyer (2018) was written by Jluis_001 on 02 Feb 2019.
Destroyer has generally received mixed reviews.
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