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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Dec 2018

The filmmakers treat their material sternly and humorlessly, as if there's some great moral lesson to be imparted from Erin's inexhaustible…

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By Mark Johnson (5) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 15 Dec 2018

There are a few good components going on in the film, most notably Kidman's brilliant and harrowed performance…

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By James Clay (166) for Fresh Fiction (404) on 15 Dec 2018

[Karyn] Kusama's film has an appealing grittiness to its subject matter, yet somehow in execution, this hard-boiled tale become a bit too stale…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for 4Columns (32) on 14 Dec 2018

Everywhere strain is evident…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 11 Dec 2018

Powered by Kidman's fierce performance and Kusama's deliberate filmmaking, Destroyer makes for an effectively pulpy work of high-art storytelling…

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By Courtney Small (36) for Cinema Axis (34) on 10 Dec 2018

A thrilling exploration of a cop whose only hope for redemption is to go further into the darkness…

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By Nick Johnston (30) for Vanyaland (29) on 09 Dec 2018

Destroyer isn't a truly bad film, it's just well below the standards of Kusama's prior work…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Nerd Report (100) on 26 Nov 2018

Kidman has the grizzled cop attitude down. She gets beat up, but she's scrappy and fights back…

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By Kristen Lopez (178) for Culturess (85) on 20 Nov 2018

Inserting a woman into this male-dominated genre could yield positive results, but Destroyer ends up self-destructing…

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By Ian Mantgani (20) for The Skinny (809) on 02 Nov 2018

While Kidman's scenery-chewing is effective, the real star of Destroyer is the director, Karyn Kusama…

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By Adam Sweeting (122) for The Arts Desk (640) on 20 Oct 2018

Kidman's performance is haunting enough to stick in your mind…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for Riot Material (43) on 15 Oct 2018

Remarkably, Kusama has crafted a compelling crime-drama that plays as a sharply comical yet scathing commentary on the glorification of rogue cop…

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By Katherine Mclaughlin (276) for The List (2,018) on 14 Oct 2018

The combination of Kusama's ability to whip up a viciously intimidating pulpy ambience and Kidman's mesmerising performance effectively amplifies…

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By Nathaniel Rogers (250) for Film Experience (395) on 11 Oct 2018

This is how Destroyer makes you feel: battered, unsettled, and eager to escape despite knowing that that's futile. It haunts…

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By Josh Martin (34) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 08 Oct 2018

Karyn Kusama's Destroyer is a rare beast, in that it's both exactly the film you expect and a totally surprising subversion of expectations…

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By María Fernanda Mugica (26) for Otroscines.com (322) on 30 Sep 2018

Beyond [Kidman's] performance and a very solid cast, the most impressive thing bout Destroyer is the sophistication of its scripting…

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By Vince Mancini (256) for Uproxx (697) on 30 Sep 2018

Perhaps Kusama was trying to bring a greater authenticity to the self-destructive detective trope, and fine, that’s a reasonable goal, but…

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By Jacob Knight (117) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 26 Sep 2018

Despite Destroyer's haunting final images, it's hard not to feel mildly unfulfilled by the time the end credits roll…

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By Jacob Hall (24) for Slashfilm (971) on 26 Sep 2018

In a career filled with memorable and brave performances, this may be the best Kidman has ever been…

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By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 25 Sep 2018

At the center of it all is Kidman, the indisputable heart of the film, whose all-in performance elevates Destroyer above a well-made cop drama…

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