"The Substance" review: Demi Moore slays the age monster with Oscar-worthy performance
With "The Substance," writer-director Coralie Fargeat summarily burns that door to the ground and kicks the ashes around with a gleeful laugh. The independent horror movie builds on themes from classic literature to TikTok influencers to take an unflinching and desperate look at the damage that hating one's body can do,
The Substance review: Demi Moore is sensational, but this body-horror yarn loses its way
Demi Moore is sensational, but this body-horror yarn loses its way - 3/5 Coralie Fargeat reimagines the historical misogynist ‘hagsploitation’ genre to powerful effect – at least until her film’s disg
‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore Suffers Some Side Effects
The actress stars alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid in Coralie Fargeat’s gleefully grotesque movie about an aging celebrity who takes an experimental drug that gives her a younger self.
Review: A Hollywood star wants more time, but ‘The Substance’ doesn’t give her a reason
Demi Moore is boldly exposed as an aging Oscar winner rejected by her producer in a hyperstylized satire that also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
The Substance sets new record for Demi Moore
The Substance, the new film starring Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore, has set a record for the latter. The body-horror film follows a fading celebrity (played by Moore) who begins to use a black-market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Qualley).
‘The Substance’ review: Demi Moore is a Hollywood veteran who risks everything on a new body of work
The Substance” blowtorches a single idea for two hours and 20 minutes, and narratively it turns to ashes by minute 40. It’s easier for a movie to become a talking point that way. Film festival buzz, which “The Substance” enjoyed at its Cannes world premiere,
The Substance film review — Demi Moore turns on herself in lurid Hollywood satire
Coralie Fargeat’s sci-fi shocker follows the downward spiral of a 50-year-old movie star who resorts to drastic measures
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What would you say to your younger self? Two films explore this question
In a funny fluke of the release calendar, Megan Park's "My Old Ass" and Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance" open simultaneously ...
'The Substance' review: Demi Moore shines in bold, boundary-pushing psycho horror shocker
Wickedly audacious and boldly over-the-top, "The Substance" is a biting, hilarious and stomach-churningly disgusting satire ...
Review: ‘Substance’ is disgusting, depraved and brilliant
If there’s a critique to be made about the film, it’s that the satire and caricatures are a bit heavy-handed, with most of ...
“The Substance” director doused stars in 36,000 gallons of fake blood for 1 scene in body-horror film
"The movie is about flesh, blood, and bones," director Coralie Fargeat tells EW of the Demi Moore film. "It’s about filming ...
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The Substance: full-throttle feminism, excess and violence
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in one of the year’s most provocative films, taking the body horror genre to even more ...
How French Filmmaker Coralie Fargeat Delivered Feminist Body Horror Breakout ‘The Substance’
Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire about the feelings of insecurity, of passing age 40, that led to her new film 'The Substance, ...
The Substance Review: A Phenomenal Achievement Of Smart, Funny, Sexy, And F*cked Up Body Horror
The Substance is all about showing instead of telling, and while that ultimately proves to be exceptionally demanding for the ...
‘The Substance’ elevates ‘beauty horror’
Our world does not often offer a safe space for female rage. But French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has carved out a place to ...