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Post by triflo on Sept 27, 2018 18:26:16 GMT
almost positive Still, despite Destroyer's haunting final images, it's hard not to feel mildly unfulfilled by the time the end credits roll. Although Kidman completely disappears into her role (definitely expect awards talk as we head into Oscar season) and the movie is layered with convincingly gritty affectation, it fails to interrogate the transformative power of anger and guilt as thoroughly as its predecessor did. By no means is this meant to indicate that Destroyer is a bad motion picture, but rather a solidly constructed misfire. In fairness, this writer's expectations may have been set a notch too high, as The Invitation is a near-perfect work of scare cinema manufactured with limited resources. Hoping that Kusama, Hay and Manfredi could replicate those results with equal apparent ease was probably foolish, but Destroyer’s failings aren't due to a lack of ambition. Rather, you wish this mystery opted to give itself a little more room to breathe, so that we could luxuriate in all of its melancholy criminality and understand its perps' impulses a touch easier. birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/09/26/destroyer-review-art-house-point-breakCounted as negative on RT
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Post by triflo on Sept 27, 2018 18:27:42 GMT
in this one again too much make up focus, but for a change they compare her make up to Aniston's in Cake. uproxx.com/movies/destroyer-review-nicole-kidman-fantastic-fest/2/It’s established tradition at this point for A-list Hollywood actresses to spend 20 years getting polished into a glamorous sheen only to laboriously disguise their luster with grit and grime and caked-on creases from time to time in order to perform the poverty pantomime awards voters love. Destroyer, from director Karyn Kusama (The Invitation) is an interesting case, because while it stars Nicole Kidman in some truly off-putting normie makeup, it’s as much Heat as it is Cake (Jennifer Aniston’s attempt at an awards vehicle). Normally when actresses of Kidman’s stature go all Eileen Wuornos on us, it isn’t for a cops-and-robbers shoot ‘em up. All of which makes Destroyer… interesting… if not entirely… good. Kidman is game enough, and surprisingly believable, but let’s be honest, they may have overdone the sallow skin and yellowing teeth and fake liver spots. I know you have to work pretty hard to make Nicole Kidman look bad, but maybe work less hard? This is starting to feel vaguely insulting towards we the non-glamorous — the normies, the regular job-havers, the working class. It’s also tough on a viewer. You try to listen to the lines Kidman’s delivering but it’s hard not to fixate on her character’s mouth, which looks like it’s going to leak black stuff like the Penguin’s funeral in Batman Returns. Not that Kidman doesn’t also do a decent job not giving a shit, especially in a scene opposite Bradley Whitford as a scummy lawyer, a notable moment of joy in a movie crying out for them. People actually clapped. As in The Invitation, Kusama pulls a clever, third act twist that almost redeems it, but in this case feels like too little too late. It turns out, watching a trauma-scarred character slowly fall apart is kind of an enervating experience Edit: 83% on rotten tomatoes with 40 reviews 👏👏👏👏👏👏 This also seems like to "mixed" for being "positive".
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Post by perro del hortelano on Sept 28, 2018 17:53:41 GMT
As expected not all those tweets from FantasticFest translated into reviews. This is no way getting close to that 90% rating on RT some of you where talking about, specially with its average score which it is sitting at 7 right now.
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Post by triflo on Sept 30, 2018 20:13:23 GMT
JUST READ IT. Pure rave for both Nicole and Karyn Kusama: talkfilmsociety.com/reviews/fantastic-fest-2018-destroyerNicole Kidman is on a roll. It’s not necessarily a resurgence — she’s always been around, and always amazing — but her choices as of late have been major highlights in her already tremendous career. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Beguiled, and her Emmy-winning role in Big Little Lies; if she’s looking to make a point, she sure as hell is making one. Add to that her work in Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer. Forget the awards acclaim she’s sure to receive; here, Kidman’s pairing with Kusama has brought out of some of the best work the actor has ever done, which is no small statement.
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Post by triflo on Sept 30, 2018 20:19:25 GMT
Also positive and rave for Nicole. From Tronto but I think we omitted that one. footeandfriendsonfilm.com/2018/09/08/tiff-review-destroyer/It is a bold impressive performance absolutely free of vanity as she disappears under the skin of her character to go as far into a role as she ever has, and she has been mighty good before. Kidman has shone in films such as To Die For (1996), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Others (2001), The Hours (2002) for which she won the Academy Award, Cold Mountain (2003), Birth (2004), Fur (2006), The Paperboy (2012) and most recently in The Beguiled (2017), but nothing will prepare you for what she does here. It is though Kidman ceased to exist and this character has taken over her body.
The film belongs to Kidman who could and should be heard from come Oscar time. The film has some self-indulgent moments, slow motion sequences that do not need to be so, but overall it is a first rate entertainment, however dark and nasty. These are not the sort of people you want to spend much time with, but damn, you cannot take your eyes off Kidman.
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Post by paperboy88 on Oct 1, 2018 2:13:13 GMT
Showing at Film Fest 919 on 04th & 07th of October. Director Karyn Kusama and writer Phil Hay are attending the festival A Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival selection Director Karyn Kusama’s (The Invitation, Girlfight) Destroyer is a riveting and gritty crime thriller starring Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman (Lion, Big Little Lies, The Hours) in a virtuoso performance as a hardened detective worn down to the nub by the rigors of her job and the aftermath of an undercover FBI sting gone horribly wrong. Haunted by guilt and loss, when an old nemesis, played by Toby Kebbell (War for the Planet of the Apes, A Monster Calls) resurfaces, she becomes hell bent on finding him, seeing it as her one last shot at redemption. The film is produced by Fred Berger (La La Land, Operation Finale) and the tense, pulsating screenplay was written by writer/producers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (The Invitation, crazy/beautiful). Destroyer features a stellar co-starring cast, including Sebastian Stan (Avengers: Infinity War, I, Tonya), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and Bradley Whitford (The Post, Get Out). Annapurna Pictures will distribute the film theatrically on December 25, 2018. filmfest919.com/films-by-title/
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Post by triflo on Oct 1, 2018 20:49:29 GMT
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Oct 1, 2018 20:52:41 GMT
the austin chronicle has panned Kidman and the film,
Maxim has selected the film as one of the hihglights of Fantastic Fest
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Post by paperboy88 on Oct 2, 2018 1:28:04 GMT
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Oct 2, 2018 5:50:30 GMT
Also all screenings of Destroyer at the London Film Festival are SOLD OUT! linkI'm nervous about this one, the UK critics can elevate or deflate Kidman's chances. Ie they can Destroy everything.
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Post by Naominic on Oct 3, 2018 7:07:41 GMT
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Post by WizLemon on Oct 3, 2018 17:29:24 GMT
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Post by Mr Dedlock on Oct 3, 2018 19:20:13 GMT
come on give us a trailer, vice has a trailer out and it didnt even make the festivals. whats taking so long.
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Post by jado88 on Oct 4, 2018 6:16:57 GMT
come on give us a trailer, vice has a trailer out and it didnt even make the festivals. whats taking so long. That's exactly what I'm thinking about!
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Post by chris0929 on Oct 6, 2018 13:37:37 GMT
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