Good
Grant @grantman2011
DESTROYER - Nicole Kidman is equal parts bark and bite as a crooked, thorny Los Angeles detective. Fully committed to the role, she is the entire movie. I could easily see people relating it to Theron’s performance in ‘Monster’ #Telluride
J Don Birnam @jdonbirnam
In #Destroyer Nicole Kidman breaks a baririer. Incredible. Nicholson, Denzel, Guy Pearce and many others have played this role. She takes it by the .... and gives it her own dimension, cop, mother, sinner, saint, angel, and demon. She is stunning and strong Best Actress contender
Jacqueline @thatjacqueline
DESTROYER checked my biggest tick for noir cinema. The minute the credits rolled I wanted to watch it all over again. Kidman SLAYED every inch of the screen! I didn’t appreciate how much I’ve yearned for a female lead & the female gaze to combine in a gritty whodunit.
rowyn @gal_pacino
Holy fucking shit Nicole Kidman is such a bad ass. #destroyer #telluride
Christine Davila @indiefindsla
Karyn Kusama for the fucking WIN.#Destroyer is fucking gritty LA noir with a “thorny complicated woman” #telluride
Laura Uglean Jackson @ugleanjackson
Wow- Destroyer was incredible. Nicole will be the one to beat for best actress. #LLOscars #TellurideFilmFestival
Baz Bamigboye @bazbam
Knockout: #NicoleKidman gives a helluva performance as a screwed up cop in dir #KarynKusama ‘s riveting , scorching noir thriller #destroyer. Sizzling script by #PhilHay & #MattManfredi . #TellurideFilmFestival . @annapurnapics
Alessio Giuliacci @lollo_88757
#Destroyer it’s a punch in the stomach. Amazing movie with the most amazing, intense, raw, violent, Nicole Kidman ever. I enjoyed her in Paperboy but she totally changed herself here.
OK
Jett Wells(AW)
This is good, not great. Kidman could happen. Probably not a win. The script is clever but has some gaps of logic. Makeup is a contender but will be at least as divisive as in The Hours
Mac(LB) - 31 Aug, 2018
Stumbles on the landing and 45 minutes too long, but there is very real pleasure in watching wizened drunk cop Nicole Kidman going in without backup.
Bad
Kamil Ahsan @kamuleosaurus
Movie 2: Destroyer. Oh my, where do I begin? It's a movie-by-numbers where every twist can be seen a mile coming and every choice too cheesy or trying to be the even-worse season of True Detective. And yes--ACK! at the makeup and prosthetics. #Telluridefilmfestival
stevekuhn3(LB) - 01 Sep, 2018, The Palm Theater, Telluride Film Festival
Depressed. I love The Invitation and was always a fan of Jennifer’s Body, so I was really looking forward to this and rooting for Karyn Kusama, but this is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. At the very least, one of the most unpleasant viewing experiences I’ve ever had. My face hurts from how much I was contorting it. I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Not a moment rang true. The worst Nicole Kidman performance I’ve ever seen. Ugly, boring, non-sensical, and just downright embarrassing. I eavesdropped on some audience members after the movie got out and apparently people thought it was excellent. This is the same crowd that once raced about Argo, by the way. I don’t know what movie they were watching, but it wasn’t the one I saw.