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By Adam Chitwood (59) for Collider (1,032) on 09 Sep 2018

Erin is a complicated, unsettling, and at times disturbing individual, and it's a joy to watch Kidman fully inhabit a role this meaty, this…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for CinemaBlend (829) on 09 Sep 2018

A compelling police procedural that borrows heavily from the drama without doing too much to rewrite the playbook…

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By Kayleigh Donaldson (8) for Pajiba (523) on 09 Sep 2018

Kidman dominates Destroyer and helps that film work in so many ways, although its bare bones and Kusama's direction also leave it a sturdy…

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By John Powers (147) for Vogue (149) on 09 Sep 2018

If Destroyer sounds like some girl-power version of a cop movie, I can assure you that it's darker and more interesting than that…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 08 Sep 2018

A movie that simply wouldn't work without [Kidman], and, because of some of the frustrating narrative choices, almost doesn't with her…

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By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 08 Sep 2018

Kidman gives one of her best performances, and Kusama keeps us interested even when we know what’s coming…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 08 Sep 2018

Buried in makeup that accentuates her character’s hard-luck existence, Nicole Kidman brings such compelling conviction to her role as a tormented…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 07 Sep 2018

It's standard neo-noir stuff, and reasonably satisfying. But when Kusama strips the story down to its essentials…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 07 Sep 2018

Nicole Kidman gives a tour de force performance as a damaged cop on the edge in Karyn Kusama's twisty, brutal Destroyer…

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By Jamie Broadnax (55) for Black Girl Nerds (256) on 06 Sep 2018

Destroyer takes its time in telling the audience what it wants to say and by the time we finally get to the point, we don't care…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 05 Sep 2018

Director Karyn Kusama shifts dexterously between the present and the past, unspooling a satisfyingly twisted piece of storytelling by writers…

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By Adam Nayman (350) for Cinema Scope (405) on 05 Sep 2018

Intricately written, superbly shot, and at least 20 minutes too long…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 02 Sep 2018

Destroyer is too programmatic to make much of an impact…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 01 Sep 2018

Kidman has always been a chameleon, but in this case, she doesn’t merely change her color (or don a fake nose, à la “The Hours”); she…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Sep 2018

As ambitious and sometimes unsettling as it is, the film, after crossing back and forth over the line many times, ultimately feels affected…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 Sep 2018

When Kusuma, Kidman and Destroyer finally kick it into high gear it’s so, so worth the wait…

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By Sasha Stone (21) for TheWrap (3,203) on 01 Sep 2018

Kidman herself, clearly one of the finest actors of her generation, or anyone else's…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 31 Aug 2018

The movie takes its time to provide a satisfying rationale, occasionally suffering from a sluggish pace and sleepy atmosphere that lessens…

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