There is nothing quite like The Substance right now. It’s unsubtle, it’s provocative, and its satirical humor can be a hit or miss for some viewers, but it strikes at the one thing that’s fundamental to everyone, that can make or break their lives, yet that is rarely given grace and consideration– that is the body. Legions of people have yearned for youth and beauty, but The Substance systematically outlines how much these have been intertwined with our livelihoods, opportunities, and identities, and how other entities would capitalize on this yearning and push many of us to take that out, suck that out, literally, from ourselves. The Substance does this all with insane, frenetic energy.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Actor: Andrew Desmond, Ashley Lambert, Christian Erickson, Coralie Fargeat, Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton-Clark, Gore Abrams, Gregory Defleur, Hugo Diego Garcia, Jonathon Carley, Margaret Qualley, Matthew Géczy, Matthew Luret, Michael Corbett, Nathan Rippy, Olivier Raynal, Oscar Lesage, Philip Schurer, Ranjani Brow, Robin Greer, Shane Sweet, Stephen Apostolina, Tiffany Hofstetter, Tom Morton, Vincent Colombe, Yann Bean
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Rating: R