The Substance (2024)

It's very interesting to watch this body horror

I had heard about this movie in advance and was really looking forward to it. after all, at the festival he received straight "wow what reviews", which could not but interest even more. it turned out to go to the pre-release.
the film is really surprising and exciting, although the idea itself is not particularly new. here the so-called vibes of Dorian Gray and something else like that slip by (for example, like this Korean cartoon https://myshows.me/movie/30253 / )
the film is exciting..it's creepy in places, sometimes turning into outright trash, but still a strong body horror / psychological thriller, one of the messages of which is still human life, not the desire to grow old and be in the best shape possible.
And yes, Demi Moore is beautiful here.

Wow, this is something incredible! The last time in the cinema, emotions were so strongly beaten except for Everything, everywhere and at once. Coralie Farja and the entire film crew were wildly fired up (especially at the end), inspired by the Cronenbergs, Refn and many other things / who else, in order to eventually shoot something outstanding.
Everything can be praised here, but I especially want to highlight the acting of the two main characters, it was really very brave. Cinematography, make-up, editing - an amazing cinematic pleasure!
A film that can be interpreted in different ways. A film that speaks to the audience on rather painful and burning topics. Bravo!

1) Demi Moore is gorgeous at her age!
2) A movie for once.
3) When I saw a syringe with light green liquid, I remembered the Resuscitator of the 80s

During the viewing, it became clear what this film was applauded for at festivals)

They took their heart out on these "vile men".

The scene of Dami going on a date and seeing herself in the reflection in the front door handle and "putting on makeup again" is vital.

Now I want to see a short film about how Dami Moore's character met Cage from "Long Legs" 😂

It was undoubtedly very beautifully shot. The picture and sound are at a height. Fans of ASMR and body modifications will be delighted. But the plot leaves a lot of questions.
Further spoilers: when the main character watched the presentation, I got the clear impression that she and her new self are the same mind. I was sure that she and Sue would have at least the same memories. But no, these are absolutely two different people who only physically depend on each other, but that's where their connection ends. If Sue has absolutely no memories from Elizabeth, then how does she have any idea at all about how to move, walk, talk, exist? Who is she anyway? It is absolutely impossible to empathize with the main character! She wakes up, sees that Sue has overdone using her body, she is angry and indignant, they offer to stop the experiment and she refuses!!! For what? Sue literally stole her life force! After 3 months, when she wakes up as a decrepit old woman, still decides to stop the experiment and at the last moment changes her mind again? Why? Where did sympathy come from if Sue sucked the life out of her? There are a lot of questions about the actions of the main characters.
The horror component of the film is pretty good - it's a real Body Horror in all its glory.
The message of the film about ageism is a seemingly very relevant topic in our time, but why show it so obviously? We realized that a young female body is beautiful and sexy, why poke the viewer in the face with this body the whole movie? The same goes for the decrepit body of an old woman, we know that it is old, but the film focuses on every rotten nail. It feels like they poured water on purpose for the big timing of the film. Almost every male character in the film is a sperm toxicologist humiliating women. The film lacks interesting dialogues, metaphors, references, the agenda just pours on the viewer for two and a half hours. I can recommend the film to horror fans only for the sake of pictures and special effects.

I watched the movie purely because of Margaret Qualley, because, well, what a woman..
But Demi Moore, at 61, looks amazing!
Quade is a devil..
Great soundtrack and visual!
But if you think about how it works in general, it becomes somehow weaker, but all the other advantages cover it for me!

And at the end, I immediately have district #9 and Carrie and radiance in my head.. The last scene is so general, Doctor Who (adaptation of a stolen joke)
Overall, a great movie!

thank you, Demi, for sharing your secrets 🤭

Third act be like:

The film turned out to be quite interesting and meaningful. The actresses did a great job with their roles. Although, of course, we have a classic case of "Hollywood ugliness" here. Demi Moore looks very good for her 61 years old, but they try to convince us that she is ugly and not interesting to anyone.

The downside for me is that the movie is too gross, especially at the end. And at the same time it is very long – 2.5 hours. According to the trailer, it seemed to me that it was a thriller, but it turned out that it was a satirical body horror. It's a good thing I didn't take popcorn to the movies. If at first everything was perceived normally, then in the end I wanted it to end as soon as possible. A couple of people even left the hall 5 minutes before the end credits. And some girl couldn't hold back the sounds of whining in disgust.

The most annoying thing is that the images from the movie popped up in my head for a couple of days after watching it, even though I didn't want to. In general, if you are a fan of this, then this movie is for you. If you have a more gentle psyche, then it's better not to watch it.

The film is peculiar, such a wild mix of everything from the Neon Demon to Death to her face, from the Black Swan to Barbie (yes, in the next " women's feminist film" showed men as silly assholes) + a lot of homages to the classics: Kubrick, Lynch, Cronenberg.

The body horror genre is revealed here with a bang. The plot is another interpretation of the worship of beauty and the ideal, which we have seen many times in various variations (already in the 60s, What happened to Baby Jane already appeared on the subject of the obsolescence of actresses in Hollywood).
Another attempt at a statement about the consumer society. The installation is clip-on, quite appropriate for this picture, the colors are twisted - all according to the standards of modern tic-toks. I want to mention the work of the operator - it causes admiration and disgust. We're too close to all of this. Everything is too detailed, large, exaggerated.
Dami Moore is wonderful in this role, and to some extent this is a personal story for her (you can remember her going on the track, after which everyone discussed the unsuccessful plastic surgery of the actress). The allusion to the abuse of any means of prolonging youth is understandable here, including body modifications, which are plastic surgery, which sometimes brings people to a monstrous appearance. By the middle of the film, I was a little tired of what was happening and was already waiting to see to what extent the ending would be twisted and exaggerated, and in principle it was natural and looped with the beginning.

I won't say that the film shocked me, for art-house lovers it's flowers, yes, abomination is combined with beauty, but I didn't see something unique and new. However, the very presentation of this picture in this genre to a wide audience with famous actors is interesting in itself.

7/10

I was really hooked by the trailer, bright, crazy and Margaret Qualley starring Demi Moore, fantastic.
To describe this film in a nutshell: frankly and vile. There is no feminist message here, as many write. Ridiculing women who are chasing standards is already commonplace in society. Now it seems that everything can be called feminism if the main role is played by a woman. And it's sad, of course. What happens towards the end is difficult to describe in cultural words: psychedelic trash, a lot of violence. And you can't get rid of the feeling of nausea. Yes, within the framework of the genre, it probably should be, but it's terribly simple. The most amazing thing for me is that it was all filmed by a woman... I didn't expect such a setup, of course. Impressionable people should not watch this.

The film is pretty fantastic, because such a thing is impossible in principle and contradicts all laws, but this, in fact, does not matter. It starts very optimistically, the second youth, that's all, and ends with a terrible bloody trash! Director and screenwriter Coralie Farja is probably a fan of David Cronenberg, the action is too much like his films, I even went to check! Nudity, bloodshed, a detailed display of not very pleasant—looking processes - if you are squeamish, then it's better not to watch! The finale is so full of trash, I didn't even understand how they moved from "beauty" to horrors like "Fly". All this is for an amateur, of course, but it looks fascinating, despite the serious timing, more than two hours! They played great that Demi Moore, that Margaret Qualley, and Denis Quaid were so convincingly disgusting that they just wow! In general, I would not recommend it, not everyone will come in, but I personally liked it, the film is really strong!

The ending was delayed, without it, all the meanings were already clear. It's like the director is like, "we need more horror."

I have never felt such a feeling of nausea after watching the film, although my husband and I had planned in advance to go eat after the film....
Yes, the semantic fullness is dense, but it is not for everyone. If I had known in advance that there would be SUCH a thing, I would not have gone. Then I had nightmares and the mood at the bottom was in the evening.

I definitely want to watch this movie, but first I need a couple of months to come to my senses

A delightful opening scene with an equally wonderful looped final one.
And what is in between is an absolute overkill of everything: from the number of fifth points in the frame to the message, which is deliberately convex here. And all this is organic, because the film revels in its overkill. And the viewer who will be on the same wavelength with the film will not be able not to enjoy this energy.

Delight. I will definitely review it sometime

Two conflicting emotions are fighting in me after watching

It's cool, but the logical connections in the film are massively broken.
If the main body realized that they were essentially 2 different consciousnesses, then why continue the experiment.
Why does Grandma run so fast?
Where did a few square meters of free space come from in the house, where the young woman built a pantry.

The general message is straightforward and clear, I think there is not much to discuss here.

Emotions: surprise, shock, disgust, tension, bewilderment, delight, depression and fear. That's the way it is. That's the end of the matter. The end

Right good
To be honest, the number of negative reviews is surprising

I guess, well, the movie))) But, of course, the authors coped with their tasks. Emotions stirred up))

The main thing is to keep a balance

thrash, mahtal Kiine 🤪

That's how you watch a festival movie, enjoy the glorious camerawork, set design, good sound, an abundance of different plans and visual techniques, while against the background you find references to classics, you get into the character, well, post-production is on top. In general, you notice a couple of mistakes, but you put a solid seven, because it turned out right well.
Meanwhile, in the comments, Voronin connoisseurs have already piled on two for unreliability. It's a pity to spend thousands of rubles on this, and the critics are stupid, and the jury at the festival are fools. Well, there is no logic in the film, this film needs more logic! And please let the grandmother run slower, otherwise people in the comments burned that the film unreliably shows the grandmother! 🥶
In general, I really liked the movie, and I liked the comments too

I recommend it for viewing. A satirical horror film that starts as Barbie and ends as Something by Carpenter.

Disgusting, but interesting, except for the ending, the ending is just disgusting)

The first two acts look in the same breath. But in the end, of course, they went a little overboard. It's like trash.
UPD: Demi Moore is simply gorgeous without makeup (1h.38min.) 😁😁😁

An abomination

It's disgusting.Interesting.Exciting.Nicely.

A film with a very interesting philosophical message, after all, dislike and rejection of oneself is a very big tragedy !

It was very beautifully shot .

But it's unclear why Demi Moore didn't drink the liquid young
It is not clear why none of them remembered what happened in 7 days.But supposedly they are one

Honestly, the ending is just a nasty horror , as for me, I was very much spoiled by this film aftertaste, I don't even really want to advise someone, it's disgusting 🤮

Well, that's how you read all sorts of reviews and think — oooh... Right now, it's eating meat!!!! But in fact. Well, we've seen worse movies. Here it all looks, well, varnished, or something. Even all these falling pieces of meat are so deliberately red and so... Are they meaty or something? And anyway — this movie is just a joy to the eyes. The plans, the colors, the transitions, these deliberately chosen disgusting decorations and props. A mix of trash and glamour. Frightening moments of a mess (with my craving for order, the scariest thing that happened here was my thoughts — poor ones, how they will clean it all up). In general, yes, the film is good, but I expected something completely different.

They'll love you.

It's a very strange and disgusting (in a good way) movie. I walked away for a long time after watching it. It is better not to eat anything while watching.

It's so deep and good that I can't even find the words. Definitely worth a look!

I personally liked the film, the constant jumps from beauty to disgust cause an emotional storm.

If you briefly describe the meaning of the film, then you can use the phrase "don't run away from yourself".

The first thing I want to point out is how beautifully the film was shot. I enjoyed the picture and shooting of this movie, that's real.
After watching this movie, you really go away for a long time and think about the movie. In general, the idea is interesting, something similar may have been in some other films, but for some reason it seems original and interesting here. You can even believe that this can really happen, but that's until the moment the new Sue comes on stage. Well, here's where the real game happened, which is impossible to believe, and the brain is trying to reject it) It's just too much overkill with thrash, this endless blood for all the audience and the whole hall) Thrash so much that it's just good and you laugh at the game happening on the screen😄
The third act turned out to be as disgusting as possible, compared to the first two)
It is a very peculiar film, impressions and emotions after watching it will definitely not be forgotten for a long time, so I do not regret watching it😄

This film is definitely the impression of the year. From a beautiful picture, beautiful actresses, to madness and the finale. Great horror

An interesting, beautiful body horror. In the end, they showed what greed leads to, everything in the account should have a balance. I do not recommend eating in the third act of the film)

It's a nasty movie, there was an unpleasant aftertaste after watching it.

It's a difficult film and not because of the creepy scenes, but because the message is creepy, the pursuit of beauty and youth, a woman should not grow old, get fat, change, you always have to be young, thin and perfect. You always have to go out of your way to fit the standard, it's always not enough. The film is wonderful, unrealistically interesting and realistic. I am glad that such films are being shot now, I am glad that attention is being paid to such topics. Solid 10/10

I am glad that such a film made it to the Cannes Film Festival and caused delight there. In recent years, I have been applying the expression "fishless and cancer fish" to most new products, but they really shot it with dignity!

I rather liked the movie. The picture, the actors, the camera angles — everything pleases the eye. It started out as a solid body horror, but in the end turned into a trash comedy. The heroine's intelligence is amazing. It's been a long time since I've been so excited about what's happening! It's better to watch in the company of chips, hehe)))

My God, where does she get such construction skills from? Repair the damn thing.

KINO

Rough. A cool movie, not an ordinary one)

Wow, just wow.. for the first 2 hours, something incredible was on the screen, I kept wincing, somewhere I laughed, somewhere I saw this incredible visual with disgust again. But for the last 20 minutes, incredible shit has been going on😁😁😁 But still, both beauties won back 1,000,000%🔥🔥🔥🔥

I'm not a fan of body horror at all, even rather very far from them. The film left a rather incomprehensible residue. I loved the way the pictures changed, depending on which body was dominant, but what happened at the end was a complete trash. I think it was possible to convey the essence more gently😄 It's not entirely clear why such a terrible end was needed. It's a pity that the main character did not go on a date with her classmate, maybe at least then she would have realized that she was worth something (although it's clear that first of all you need to love yourself and accept who you are and not chase after love everyone in a row to feel their importance).
Both actresses are gorgeous, Moore is simply amazing, I haven't seen many pictures with Quollie, but she left her mark on my heart😄

First of all, what a visually beautiful film it is, despite all the abomination present.
Secondly, this movie will be visited by those who liked the Neon Demon.
Thirdly, after watching it, you will definitely not forget about what is happening in the film for another couple of days.

Elizabeth Sparkle, an aging movie star, is living out her days of former glory as the host of a fitness show on TV. Having accidentally found out that the producers had sentenced her show to closure and herself to oblivion, Sparkle recalls a recent meeting with a never-suspicious health worker who recommended using a not-so-publicized youth preservation program. After one commercial, a phone call and a couple of injections, Sparkle gets elastic cheeks and a girlish blush, but, of course, there is one caveat.

Those who served in the army do not laugh in the circus. Anyone who has watched all three parts of the Terrifying in a row is not afraid of the bodyhorror Substance. And they also say that the Substance won the Best Screenplay award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It's scary to think who lost there, if there is such a winner.

No, the Substance is quite a decent movie. It was shot by a certain Coralie Farja, who was noted earlier for the episode of the Sandman and the revenge thriller with the original title Revenge (well, actually, the survivor of the Russian box office, but we are trained in languages!). I haven't seen either of them yet. Even if Madame is one of all sorts of feminists, she is clearly one of the smart ones and knows how to attract the attention of a male audience without annoying all these white cisgender chauvinists. Firstly, Demi Moore, who played one of the two main roles here, was fully returned to us. Those who watched Striptease thirty years ago will wipe away a stingy tear. As they say, someone was not afraid to give, someone was not afraid to take - in the sense that Farja took everything off bluntly and Moore took everything off bluntly (but there is one caveat). Well, if without any dirty jokes about age, Moore looks gorgeous. Secondly, the Substance is generally a very, very beautiful film in terms of pictures, camera angles and, of course, the actresses involved (let some - let's not point fingers at Hollywood newcomers - and used all sorts of overlays!). Although slightly cheating (overlays!), Margaret Qualley ("Once upon a Time in ... Hollywood ", "Poor-unhappy ", "Types of Kindness "), who made up Moore's screen pair, also shows class. In fact, of course, we are not talking about any nudity, although the actresses supported each other during the difficult days of filming - both Moore and Quolli had a great frolic. The latter here in general strongly resembles not only externally, but also in the manner of playing Emma Roberts, who escaped from the next season of American Horror Story.

And in such contrast with the female beauty, the director gives out a bodyhorror. Yes, it works as it should. Perhaps some of the most susceptible natures will be upset by the Substance, but Farge does not set an overly serious tone of what is happening from the very beginning. The hyperbolization of what is happening is visible to the naked eye. The same producer (Dennis Quaid) in cheap suits (well, either I don't understand something about fashion). In the end, everything generally turns into a bloody farce worthy of the Sinister Dead of Raimi and the Living Dead of Jackson. In short, as for me, this is not David Cronenberg. Here Cronenberg's son manages to shoot in his style, so that he really wants to turn away from the screen from the ongoing transformations, but here it seems as if satire outweighed the horrors. Not that it's a bad thing. Again, the viewer is gentle now, you need to be gentle with him. They scared me, then danced beautifully. Everything is according to the precepts of the pie poems.

In general, if you do not think (i.e. literally do not think at all) about what is happening, then the Substance is a good spectacular picture that can both humor and horror. But what I lacked was the logic of what was happening. That's why I'm surprised by the award for the script. Well, like... "Substance" at the same time does not shine with originality, and suffers from a lack of logic. As for originality: even give or take in the same genre there is a magnificent work by Robert Zemeckis with Demi Moore's ex-husband, Bruce Willis, by the way. I'm talking, of course, about the black comedy Death suits her, where such topics were revealed much better: about aging, about the return of former youth, and about rivalry. Well, the nastier transformations were shown in the same Fly. Of course, the effects have gone ahead, but some kind of fig in my pocket feels like it's all make-believe.

As for logic... Of course, Substance is a metaphor, a parable, and so on blah blah blah. I even saw in the picture not so much a layer about the relationship between the stars and the public, for which the stars suffer, as about the relationship between fathers and children. As children, being an extension of their parents, their modified copy, they can put pressure on mothers and fathers, squeezing the last juices out of them, and at the same time parents forgive absolutely everything, suffering unimaginably at the same time. Well, at least in the middle, I saw this story from this angle. But if I remove this thought, whether it was consciously laid down by the director or not, then it is very difficult to believe in the realism of what is happening (yes, this is a horror movie; no, I am not crazy to believe in horror movies; you understand what I mean). Because the finale is clearly not about fathers and children, but still about the audience and media personalities. This whole topic is from "and remember - you are one person" not disclosed. I would understand the actions of the main character if she felt what the other one was feeling, if she got all these nice things, if her consciousness was divided and/or relocated, but no. Nothing is said about this. In fact, this is a completely different person... By the way, yes! Wasn't this supposed to be a younger version of Demi Moore or not? And where are all these fans of conspiracy theories who would have figured out a complete copy of a mega-popular person not so long ago? Or is it possible to expose only the ageless Keanu Reeves, who lived in different time periods? No one even raised the question, why do you look so much like the actress whose place you came to? In short, this is a completely different person, to whom you give half your life for some kind of devil and at the same time you are still thinking about whether to end the experiment? No profit to the matrix. Prank, sorry, the metaphor failed.

And the movie is cool. I do not exclude that a good franchise can come out of this type of independent cinema, as it was with Doomsday Night, when all the absurdities were intelligently explained in the sequel and the triquel. But, most likely, the substance will turn out to be a one-time dose, which the authors dispose of.

Rating: 6 existences out of 10

no matter how many movies with dismemberment and bloody mess I've watched, I've never had such severe nausea while watching and the desire to close my eyes and not see shit. after watching, there was some strange (???) feeling. most of the movie is gorgeous (it was necessary to turn off the laptop already at the moment where Sue is standing in the bathroom in this awesome dress). Dami Moore and Margaret Qualley are beautiful, but I wouldn't watch the movie again. and I absolutely do not understand the people who were able to review this film more than twice (and there are such people, I have heard about hd).

Great movie, beautifully shot

Is it interesting? Yes
Disgusting? Yes
Is it worth watching? Yes

where everything was splattered with blood, it was beautifully shot, I've never seen it anywhere, it looks spectacular, even beautiful in its own way and the music is perfectly matched.3

overall, I liked it, although the super-mega-duper illogical actions of the main character, but I liked it! I don't regret watching it, although I probably won't review it.

and there was absolutely no disgust and horror, as, for example, after watching true edge and the news... such made-up stories are no longer scary at all, rather funny, so I'm thrilled!

Stylish! It was shot incredibly beautifully, Demi Moore is great, the music is very well chosen, and it makes sense - don't chase youth, beauty and approval! love yourself regardless of public opinion and others, accept yourself and love yourself!

P.S.
for some reason, for me there are vibes in the film "Requiem for a Dream" and "Radiance"

Honestly, I didn't understand this movie. But the picture and the cast are obviously good. For an amateur.

A good movie, I was especially impressed by the macro moments of the shooting, I haven't watched this for a long time, it was creepy. The girls played cool, but there are also enough mistakes, the way she made a cabinet in the bathroom herself, even experienced builders do not do it so quickly)). But I won't bother with the little things)).
I'll say so that the ending was smeared as for me, I won't say where, but at the moment where she took another injection and turned into a monster, then at this moment it was better to do like she was fatally disappointed by what she saw. She began to walk down the street in a panic, with all this, her body would decompose and then she totally turned into a cake and at that moment her face, as in the movie, stopped at her star. But with the performance, as for me, it was already too superfluous. Lately, even the directors have problems with the endings, either they are going into a mess with the thoughts in my head, or I am already slightly degraded and do not understand anything.
In general, even though the ending did not go in, I put 4-

Yeah, the movie is impressive, really worth the time spent). I reread the comments and didn't even have anything to add, except that I was surprised by one moment: many people talked about vibe and references, remembering other films, but no one remembered Suspiria. There is also something in common))).

Delight! The only frustrating comments are where people complain that the film is vile and disgusting. The film is declared as a body horror, which has never been an easy genre + the French in general often quite openly shoot, let's remember "Martyrs" and "Raw". As for the latter, by the way, for me, "Substance" surpasses it in all respects. This is exactly what body horror should be. Bloody, dynamic, disgusting and beautiful at the same time.
There are still questions about the script, but again, it's forgivable for the sake of the genre.
As for the grandmother, who ran like a real athlete, I think there is no point in looking for pitfalls here, they just did it for more dynamics. If Grandma were walking slowly and Sue was running after her, in the best traditions of 80s horror, that would also raise questions. And so, it turned out funny, but bright and dynamic.
Thanks to the team, for me this is one of the best films I've watched this year. Demi Moore is the queen!

The film is great, and I think that many women recognized themselves in it at moments, I also want to add that this film is more about women and how beauty standards put pressure on them, and men look at the body as if it were meat

How much of a gorgeous movie, I haven't seen this for a long time, I really got high from watching it. Qually is charming in this movie. Of course, I was attracted to her for a long time, but after this movie I fell in love with her

A great Body horror movie about what a woman is willing to do to preserve her youth. The film is a metaphor on the topic of aging and self-acceptance with a simply magnificent visual.

He is not as disgusting as Cronenberg's Fly (this is not a claim), but some scenes are certainly disgusting. But here, nevertheless, the visual is not used to cause gag reflexes in the viewer, the picture conveys the emotional mood of the heroine very well. And yes, I repeat, the film is a metaphor - therefore, in some scenes they exaggerate what is happening as much as possible

But after watching the movie, it leaves a pleasant aftertaste when you want to discuss what you saw on the screen over a cup of coffee.

For example, I saw not only a satire on Hollywood beauty standards, or an instructive story about a double life, but also caught a layer dedicated to the topic of drug addiction (young Sue is euphoria, high from a dose, and old Elizabeth is a state of withdrawal. And the higher the dose, the faster it destroys the body)

And the film skillfully ridicules stereotypes. For example, a lustful producer who is very disgusting to eat shrimp (the scene I would say is even more disgusting than the final transformation at the end) is, as I understand it, a reference to Harvey Weinstein (in the film, the producer's last name is Harvey), or a loser classmate, a worried neighbor, empty-headed handsome, dummy shareholders who need boobs..

It's definitely worth watching the movie for the sake of the visual experience. The color solutions with the audio track are executed at a height. You will experience powerful emotions

About 2/3 of the films were not very interesting to me, but at least everything was interesting. The thought was quite clear, but what started at the very end - well, there are just no words. Drug addiction in its purest form. Yes, the point is clear, she wanted the love of the public in all its guises, but the outright slash that took place in the last 20 minutes of the film is just nonsense. I was watching 2x, looking forward to the end of the movie. Moore and Qually played awesome, you can't say anything, but then the directors started talking. I watched after the hundredth video in tiktok, where everyone was sick from this movie. To be honest, I don't understand why. The saw, absolutely any part, is at times more disgusting than the "Substance". I do not recommend it, I regret the 2 hours spent.

I didn't understand why people were throwing up... yes, there were creepy scenes, but not to the same extent.
I am a person who already feels sick from the sight of injections, but apart from these scenes, everything else was more or less clear…
What did you want from a movie with such a plot? That everyone will be happy?

I saw a comment that the film reminded me of "Requiem for a Dream" on Vibe. I partially agree with this.

Demi Moore's game is great, the movie is like that, you didn't have to watch it. As the idea is normal , the ending is just disgusting .

Portrait of Dorian Gray, remixing

The substance begins almost perfectly - for an hour two naked women drag each other across the floor. But, as often happens in a women's team, one of them will find something to fuck up and took off. No kidding, the horror movie is more than worthy, and, within the genre, is head and shoulders above recent rolling misunderstandings and even more so home releases.

Especially when you consider that, despite the length of some scenes in the finale, the Substance is a meaningful multi-layered story, with its obvious morality in line with reconciliation with oneself, self-acceptance or, conversely, the ability to spoil one's life. At the same time, the Substance manages to avoid the arthouse disease that has affected the body horror genre as a whole. She is the illegitimate daughter of Dorian Gray and the Living Dead, a product of the era of silicone and biohacking, hypocritical lifestyle with admixtures of anabolics and the cult of annoying success. Simply put, a good sarcastic movie.

I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the point for Elizabeth. She was told that it would be a second life, but in fact there was nothing for her. It was a new life for a new person, Sue. But what does Elizabeth get??

It's creepy.. Already goosebumps from this picture ...
A really beautiful woman (I think she looks gorgeous for 50) gave birth to one who was considered beautiful.
Then the one who was considered beautiful gave birth to a real monster..
Elizabeth was beautiful in body and soul, but this one was just a body.
It turns out that she created the one she wanted and dreamed of being (although in fact she was already her)
And then she killed herself..
It's a great movie. In the end, we came to the beginning.
I ADVISE YOU TO WATCH IT. 🔥
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The obstetricians were shocked when they saw what was coming out of the actress...

Seriously, Substance is probably one of the best films of the last two years. I ran through the comments with my eyes, many are dissatisfied with the plot, they say it is too crumpled, unclear, and in general the theme of the film is not disclosed. But the plot, as for me, is of absolutely secondary importance here, and goes rather into the background. The director literally says from the start: "Yes fuck the plot, from the visual at least enjoy it ", piling dudes literally in every scene.

Well, you hardly expect any incredible intricacies from John Wick, because the film is mostly tied exclusively to action. It seems to be the same here. Therefore, it is necessary to enjoy exclusively from camera solutions, from colors and from artistic techniques, and not from narration at all. And it was done quite at the level.

I also understand that many are unhappy with the last 15 minutes of the film and the main barrage of criticism is solely related to this. But here, for once, I will side with the director and say that if it weren't for this "Boo! I was afraid, don't be afraid, it's me Elizabeth. Come here. Come to me. In the end, the film would not have become so memorable, standing in line with some Neon demon, with whom many also drew parallels. In virality and coverage, all means are good, and if there were no such screamer at the end, then the film would not have received so much hype.

In general, I would not recommend the Substance to absolutely everyone, for obvious reasons. But if you love movies and for you it's a little more than just good stories, then you should definitely watch it.

8/10

An interesting instructive film. Yes, in some places it is very vile, and hyperbolized, but even a stupid person will understand how important it is to accept oneself
However, the scene with blood in the bathroom and at the very end is a tin

I looked at it on the advice of a friend and did not regret it!
This is both a scary and funny film that dissects with bloody precision the themes of socially imposed demands on the female body and the pursuit of unfading beauty.
and just like others, I noticed the similarity with "Dorian Gray"
. I really liked the film!

I don't understand how some people couldn't understand the exact message of the film, and most importantly, its relevance these days. After all, how many times have many people watched cute girls in tiktok, made up like them, but, turning on the camera, they were disappointed, not looking as beautiful as they were. The film somehow reminded "American Horror Story" - there is some kind of similar vibe.

And it was also amazing how Elizabeth was scratching 200 km/h in a half-dead state, dragging Sue by one leg, and even when Sue beat her and threw everything she could, she did not get fat and was cheerful. A miracle grandmother turns out!

The ending is just a piece of trash, while I was watching, I managed to curl up into a tube and see clearly. At the vile moments, I specifically paused in order to stretch all this filth as long as possible, because I haven't seen this in similar films for a long time. There were a couple more cringe moments (in a good way), and this couple of moments made me pause them to catch my breath a little. Before that, I considered myself cringe-resistant and unimpressionable, but this movie made me shrink into the fetal position and start crying. And yet, despite such a stupid ending, I liked the kinchik, a well-deserved 9.5/10

A great movie, just the best, breathed in at the beginning and exhaled at the end. How well it was shot, these shots, the music, the acting, the very idea and idea. Everything is fine, I'm delighted, I haven't seen such a gorgeous movie in a long time. Yes, there is a lot of liquid in the end, the message is complicated, I did not understand much, but perhaps we did not achieve any other effect.

It was a fascinating attraction...

I watched this movie on the recommendation of a colleague. The film is specific, with a moral and marked 18+. Some people won't like it, but I personally went👍

Very funny bullshit

I was vaguely reminded of the movie "death suits her" with Meryl Streep, there is something similar about the reluctance to grow old

It's a very interesting movie, like watching another episode of the black mirror! 8/10

And I can't understand, are there only sissies gathered here? Sugar dandelions?
They feel sick, they can't come to their senses for a week)))
The movie is a cannon!! I've never listened to reviews before, and now even more so! 😆

The message was incredibly direct, and I still don't understand how some people didn't get it.

Perhaps, for me, the most memorable scene that unites all women who do not accept themselves and their appearance, from young to old, from ordinary hard workers to show business stars, is when Elizabeth is going on a date with Fred.

Here we see a beautiful and spectacular woman in the reflection, and she sees herself as a complete disadvantage...

My review: a little bit of art house, a little bit of body horror, a little bit of tragedy

I noticed a lot of allegories that coincided with my guesses, for example, the scene at the beginning with ketchup as a reference to the end of the film (although I knew about the plot at most - 2 minutes of the trailer)

Tsvetokor - wow
Sound accompaniment - wow!
Immerses in the atmosphere

It's amazing how, being in shock and squinting your eyes, a minute later you laugh at the absurdity of what is happening or a stupid sarcastic joke

It reminded me of "Black Swan" in places (especially the ending, some details in the clothes and the final scene, which screamed "I have achieved perfection"

And I did not let go of the feeling of deja vu in relation to the painting "Neon Demon", I noticed the parallelism of the plot and the accents on the colors
I would like to read more, but I got the feeling that the same operator/designer was involved

Should I go or not? I can't answer this question, but I know one thing for sure
It is impossible to remain indifferent

The film invites you to watch. Aronofsky's plots also inspired me, but much tougher. The story is about how people are afraid of oblivion.

There is one scene in the film that clearly demonstrates how distorted our perception of ourselves can be. I'm talking about the scene where Demi Moore's character is going on a date. Just look at how easily a beautiful woman in a spectacular dress with evening makeup can look at herself in the mirror with undisguised hatred. And then decide that she is not worthy of any date at all. This is scarier than any horror.

“It seems that at least everything is in its place"))) this phrase just killed me. I haven't laughed like that in a long time. I will never forget the last 20 minutes. It's a masterpiece.

I am very grateful to the creators that the film was finished with humor (relatively))). After realistic and goosebumps-inducing transformations, tooth and nail loss, and other things, a tumbled-out boob, a comical inexhaustible red fountain and a crawling face greatly lightened the mood when watching this movie at night.
It's like taking care of the audience :)

A good movie with a great message!

I watched a movie, well, I expected more, especially in terms of abomination and psychological stress. A movie for once. I predicted an approximate plot already in the first 20 minutes. I don't understand Sue's logic of not following the queue, because if the matrix dies, then you will die, and your whole career will collapse. The film was shot beautifully, but I didn't have enough trash, horror and a more unexpected ending.

I looked at it. After this movie, I am completely devastated. But the meaning is very instructive. Ladies, remember that you are all beautiful without exception. After this movie, I want to get drunk

well, I expected more, to be honest
, in general everything is cool
the idea, the picture, the actors, the music, the references
, but as if they didn't put the squeeze on? the message is somehow too direct, and the million explanations of the little things are not clear what
the whole point is and what everything is going to understand at the beginning, and then they chew it beautifully for another couple of hours
, the reason for shaking and nausea in the audience does not understand
either I am hardened, or the audience is completely with a fine mental organization
in short, well, But it could be more powerful

The film, to my taste, is great. Both visually, and acting, and from an ideological and semantic point of view. It contains a huge number of direct, absolutely undisguised quotes and borrowings from horror classics, while everything that happens does not look like a farce – this is quite a serious, rather deep and heavy drama wrapped in a fantastic plot and seasoned with creepy flesh-meat moments. I will not list, perhaps, the motives from which works of cinema and literature in this story can be noticed. Who found out – he found out: this guessing game is fascinating in itself, there are already a lot of frame-by-frame and letter-by-letter analyses on the web, if anyone is interested. Separately, I would like to note that Demi Moore and Margaret Kueli are divine and amazing. A phenomenal role for two. Of the minor artists, Dennis Quaid deserves mention, who played an outstanding caricature scum, and also became the main source of humor in the film, periodically discharging the decadent depressive obscurity with his antics.
And as for the subtexts, there are a lot of them, in fact – and all of them are not particularly deep and quite easy to read, but the number of topics covered is impressive. Here is the theme of life on loan at the expense of one's own future, and the influence of the body on consciousness and vice versa, well, plus the most obvious ones that are completely on the surface: about the dictate of artificial standards of beauty (female first of all, of course), about the costs of striving for fame, about the cruelty of the commercial media industry, etc.
Cinema is strongly recommended to viewers who are not confused by the large amount of shock content from the body horror category. It doesn't bother me, I'm used to it.))

I would only change one scene, which caused confusion.
When Elizabeth and Sue first (and last) once they see each other awake, with the subsequent clarification of the relationship. Well, this is nonsense! We had been reminded twenty times before that they were one, that they were one person, one consciousness capable of moving between two bodies. But don't be in two at the same time! And there is no point in this scene - in the end it all boils down to the fact that the young version physically kills the old one. Why couldn't it have been done wisely? Well, look, everything is going exactly the same: Elizabeth is going to stop the experiment, but at the last moment she can't bring herself. She wants too much to spend one last time in this young and beautiful body and attend that solemn ceremony on TV. Instead of injecting her with black serum, she makes an extraordinary exchange again. But waking up in Sue's body, he suddenly feels an uncontrollable disgust for Elizabeth's sleeping body - this old, decrepit wreck. And he injects her with a black liquid. Elizabeth dies in the same way, Sue goes to the ball in the same way, and then everything is the same. Only there is no scene of stupid running around the apartment with a beating, and there is no major plot jamb.
However, there is a version that this scene takes place only in the imagination of the heroine, reflecting the degradation of her psyche - but in reality she sees her old body sleeping, as it should be. Well, it also kills a helpless carcass, respectively. Then it is tolerable, in principle.

It's a funny movie, not scary or disgusting. Most of the moments are generally perceived as comedy (MONSTRO ALICE). But if you take it seriously, it's completely unclear why Elizabeth continued to share, as soon as it became clear that Sue had a different consciousness. Specifically, she doesn't get anything from it. Sue doesn't even look like a young Elizabeth (the posters of a young Demi Moore were just hanging), so that Elizabeth would feel something for her or associate with herself. It's just a left-handed person for her.

The substance is just a very good body horror. If you pour several million dollars into body horror, and not as usual, when they are shot for three kopecks, you will get a substance. The idea of a split person and living every part of their life is really interesting. And probably people who are very fixated on their appearance, on the desire to be forever young, this film will shake up quite a lot, because here the pursuit of perfection leads the main character to this unidentified biomass, which everyone generally shuns and begins to hate, to be afraid. And this is exactly what happens to people who overuse various plastic surgeries, braces, botex and similar substances.
The visual part of the film is just a tower. There are moments that you can get to, but you just don't want to, because it's so juicy shot. All these very close shots, where the producer eats shrimp, the eyes split, the skin breaks and further down the list, half of the film consisted of similar shots, you want to savor them. Yes, they are vile to some extent, but damn it, it's only because of this that you are ready to look at them over and over again.
And of course the musical accompaniment. This oppressive music, where every kick of the barrel resonates in you. And now it's all so well molded into a single picture. The best part of the film is the music and the visual.
But still a big question for the last act of the film. What was that all about? As if the message is clear. But as if it took too long and it was possible to make the ending a little different. It's just that the whole film was going to be a complete picture, this final act begins and the film itself becomes somehow crooked, awkward and the overall impression is distorted not for the better.
Otherwise, the film is definitely worth watching, if only for the sake of visual and music. But of course you need to have some resistance to all sorts of different scenes, or at least watching enough, so that it's not so disgusting to watch it all.

It's been a long time since I've been so impressed by a movie or a TV series. But I bet 4/5, because, as for me, there is too much filth and cruelty, especially at the end, my eyes just popped out of my head from everything that was happening. If it weren't for this horror with the hall in the fountain of blood, the chest falling out of the monster's head, the fierce fight between the withered matrix and its best version, and blood, blood, blood, for me the film was at 5. The problem that the film tells about is very relevant. Women (and sometimes men) chase youth, beauty, recognition, impale themselves with all sorts of rubbish and reshape their faces beyond recognition. Having received a good result from one procedure, it becomes not enough for them, they no longer perceive themselves at all. And then, after many years and "improvements ", looking at their former selves, they think that they were already super. They just didn't like themselves. Just like in the movie, the monster realizes at the end that the real Elizabeth was very beautiful. And there is nothing to return. In general, the film is cool, I really liked Demi Moore, but there is too much trash, it would be much better without him.

It's a disgusting movie. Body horror is clearly not mine, so I watched the final part (in which the most trash began) with one eye and through nausea. At the same time, it is a fascinating, addictive movie from which it is impossible to break away, because it is very interesting what will happen next. It also has, in my opinion, a good choice of actresses. They fit into the roles very well.
P.S. I liked how they shaded and emphasized the situation and feelings of the heroine with visual techniques. At least in the beginning. Then it got so hot that I didn't pay attention to it anymore.)

Thank you for the girl from the Kenzo perfume ad for 4 minutes)

I don't understand why everyone is fussing with the film. Simple ideas presented head-on are spoken in simple language. Take care of yourself from a young age, otherwise it will be bad in old age. Different personalities, but at the same time one whole is the same person, just different periods of life. With age, the worldview and priorities change. Self-love. Finding the flushes of life other than work, otherwise in old age you will watch stupid shows on TV or go on a date with a bald loser. Due to the lack of alternatives. I am generally silent about the cult of youth and success in life and on TV.
They wrapped it all up in a beautiful picture and a pretentious presentation in the form of a horror body and everything flowed. No, if you liked it, then I have nothing against it. The taste and color of all markers are different. Unfortunately, for myself, I saw nothing but that very picture, banal messages and pretentiousness. Margaret Kuoli is gorgeous yet! 👍

It sucks.

Just a great movie
There is something to think about

I looked at it on my birthday. Demi Moore. specially waited for🙂
62 years old (born in 1962). It looks good. Well, Demi is still a millionaire and her appearance is her working tool.
I still remember the admiration of journalists for the figure of Demi Moore in Charlie's Angels 2003. like I was seriously prepared. She was not inferior to the 30-year-old Cameron Diaz. and Demi was 40 years old at the time.
probably on the topic. Leonardo DiCaprio also has a D.R. today. 50th anniversary🥳 he is also known in his personal life for preferring to meet exclusively with models no older than 25 years old. although the current one is already 26😁

they showed how to make a star on the walk of fame. of course, in a simplified cinematic style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop& ;v=NVSEaDc9Uog (making of a Hollywood star by Top End Terrazzo)
offtop. about the city. the life above the "stars" - the star of Muhammad Ali is one-I hangs on the wall at the request of Ali himself. like not to trample on the name of the prophet.
sometimes, in the comments to the news about the discovery of a star, an elderly celebrity is like "finally. It's so late." I've heard for a long time - to get a star, you need someone to nominate and pay for the installation (usually it's a movie company, etc.). a celebrity can push through the idea and pay (i.e., in fact, "buy" himself a "star"). but many do not bother with this. That's why they get a star so late.

not only the blood / intestines / spread freeze out, but also the super-large plans of individuals. It's already difficult to eat, the ending is trash, fumes and sodomy.

Margaret Qualley is certainly beautiful. no wonder Tarantino filmed it himself. but sometimes there is an understudy - there is no seamless display of her body from face to butt😊
I watched her dancing in the show like those concerned sponsors🤤😛🤣 by the
way, sex fitness was 40 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TpSJ1ci0k

One of the most powerful and vile horror films I've ever seen is a great movie with a deep meaning.
Demi Moore is an amazing actress 💔 10/10

I don't even know how to rate this movie... The philosophical and moral message is understandable, but how disgusting this film is... I watched the morally strong - willed ones to the end 😅

It would have been better if they had finished the film at the moment where Elizabeth died. The ending ruined the whole impression, although the beginning was good

This is a man's, man's, man's world

The desire to become the best version of yourself, many are absorbed now, it would be good not to lose the main one in search of this version..

Coralie has been hatching the plot of this film for 10 years, but the ending is still kind of dubious, it seems to me.

But it's fun to watch the short film reality + 2014, it's like the origin of Substance. There are even the same color solutions as in the Substance

It's gorgeous, finally a good movie has been fitted)

I haven't watched such a vile and disgusting movie for a long time!!!! That's right minus 10 out of 10.
How is this even filmed!?!!!

A film with nasty scenes, which is VERY beautifully shot. Just a 10 out of 10 visual!

and why was this nightmare dismissed? the moral of the film is as old as the world, the graphics for 2024 are so-so, blood is like colored water, the end is generally absurd. the directors had 2 hours, but they didn't tell us where this substance came from, what kind of grandfather it was, where it hatched from. but 15 minutes of screen time is consistently allocated to other people's asses. 😍 lame body horror, imho

It happens when something is missing to make it great, here on the contrary - there is too much of everything, and it was all digested for 30 minutes.

There are meanings, the visual and sound are sticky, the main characters are good, but the delayed timing, endless references and hypertrophied to the finale are superfluous. There was a feeling that all this was not for the sake of the essence, but in order to cause more discussion.

* I went to look at the door handle under "I am the most charming and attractive"

Oh! And the gnome from the closed school turns out to be alive!

Well, I watched this movie, I've been meaning to for a long time
It's okay, you can watch it
For 1 time)
In general, I liked the specifics, it felt like I was watching something from Guillermo del Toro's projects)

I liked the beginning of act 3, when we are shown in the first person after her transformation, at that moment I just felt my fear, because usually when I look I don't transfer everything to myself, but here it feels like it's happening to me

A very juicy picture. Excellent transitions from the gray tones of old age to the rich and bright tones of youth. And the subtext of the film is clear and reads well, the metaphors are clear. The component of the body armor is also seasoned, in some places it is disgusting and unpleasant.

I was interested in the beginning, the idea is good, you can even believe that this can be in reality. Cool shot. But what happened next. As if they didn't know how to finish, they were finishing the script in a drunken stupor. It would be better to make a version of how she creates her new beautiful substance and, like, they already pump liquid out of it. And in the film, I didn't quite understand why Sue was so angry at the old lady, and where she got such strength from, kicked, the old lady flew half the room. And she should have understood that if she was killed, she would not survive either. Why did she do that?

I've heard a lot about this movie - I liked it.

Tinplate. Sea of madness. The final is incredible.

the style of the black mirror reminded me of the movie, I liked it, there is something to think about

Of course, I am shocked by the viewing.. Demi Moore is gorgeous.. the film looks in one breath

I believe that society was not ready for such a film. Especially men. The main thing in the film is the meaning, but not everyone understood it either. The picture is sometimes beautiful, sometimes disgusting. A collection of solyanka frames and the same emotions after watching it.
Thanks for taking it off. I will never review it again.
And Demi Moore in this picture seems to have her own message, but I hope this is not the case.

Undeniably cool shot) The picture is gorgeous, the actors are good. A movie with meaning.
I decided to watch it because they were talking about this movie everywhere. But honestly, for once. I didn't really like it, as it turned out, it's not my genre, I don't like that. Well, yes, not everyone watches to the end, it's very disgusting at times.
I wouldn't be surprised if all this becomes a reality in the future.🫠

Interesting. But this is puzdec Eni in the end

The essence is clear, but why it was necessary to convey the idea through such addiction is unclear

But I can't figure out why the second one is needed, if the first one you don't get anything from it, you don't remember, you don't feel and no one knows that it's you

Blood, guts and naked boobs

An asterisk to each asterisk)

It seems that everyone has already looked at it. And those who didn't look, look! Briefly about why it's worth watching the movie.

1) Acting. Demi Moore is obviously the queen. A more advanced version of her also played to fame. Everything is very good here.
2) The idea. Simple, but how it is served! It is beautiful and tasteful.
3) Visual. Motley, driving to the point of absurdity. Each frame seems to correspond to the mental state of the heroine. She is young and pretty – everything is very bright. She is an “old woman” again – the colors are gloomy and meager.
4) Music. It doesn't seem to be enough, but it complements everything that happens on the screen well.

I looked at this film as a critique of modern patriarchal society, where a woman in the eyes of men is an object that sooner or later needs to be replaced. Body horror as a genre has never scared me, so all the “body scenes” didn't turn me away from the picture. I spared no time and money. Maybe, when reviewing this work, I will discover many more (or a few) interesting details.

As expected, this is another film, advertised before the premiere, in which, in principle, there is nothing that could cause delight or at least be remembered. Neither the picture, nor the idea, nor the acting were impressed. Yes, everything was done well, but it does not cause any effect, as many write. An ordinary average movie, no more. To be honest, if I hadn't looked, I wouldn't have lost anything.

Demi Moore is a beauty 😍

As someone wrote somewhere "the most disgusting scene in this movie is a man eating shrimp at the beginning") well, I agree with that) the girls played great, the film is of course compositionally beautiful.

God, I almost felt physically sick at this movie, I barely watched it. if you can call it what I watched. the film causes terrifyingly unpleasant sensations in every cell of the body.
Once again, you need to stop listening to rave reviews.
The whole idea is on the surface, just seasoned with this whole fucking colorful picture, which makes it incredibly bad. I can't watch a movie like that. I need to look at something else urgently to get rid of all this aftertaste. moreover, it does not hurt to wash up in the literal sense.

So, I watched this movie when all the social networks were literally screaming about it.

So, the pros:
• The film is insanely beautiful: the cameraman and the editing are simply above all praise, I wanted to consider every frame.

• The agenda of the film about self-rejection is more relevant than ever. Don't you want to become the best version of yourself? To remove those complexes that, unfortunately, are only in our head.

• It is very well shown how the female body is sexualized, how the "picture" is selected for a TV show

One of the disadvantages is the last 30 minutes of the film. I'm sorry, but what was that? Did you suddenly remember that this is a body horror? Throughout the film, through large shots, we were shown disgusting moments, I think these are decent shots for this genre. Okay, you're showing us the final monster. Who calmly goes to the set with his face glued on and nothing stops her. The shooting begins, with a big star and no one checks if she is on the set, as she has with makeup before the shooting itself. Seriously? What else would you like to add? Oh, let's fill it up with liters of blood, wow.

Total: apart from the strange, chaotic, and for me personally comical ending, the film is worth watching. The idea that you are beautiful in any version of yourself is a must have for today

Oh, those high expectations. Unfortunately, (yes, unfortunately), there is such a situation around this film... I'm not afraid of this word, hysteria, that you can't help but expect something just supernatural) In fact, it is very beautiful, polished and at the same time as disgusting as possible (I strictly do not recommend watching the movie under a snack), another feminist pamphlet was shot justifying the paranoid schizophrenia that men force us to disfigure ourselves in the name of beauty. First of all, it is not necessary to shift from a sick head to a healthy one. And secondly, now the men are ready to go under the knife, under the syringe, under the Lamp, just to keep their youth longer. And not always for the sake of other men))) The problem here is not sexualization and objectification for a long time. But Farja did not seem to want to delve deeper into the formulaic claims of the progressive public. Even those who don't want to get old, haven't you thought about it?

And "Substance" would only benefit if it were just a satire on ageism, but she persistently looks for the guilty, pedals the theme of animal sexualization of everything that moves, so that she is already sick, thereby almost justifying the gerontophobia of the main character. Add to this a delayed timekeeping and we get... mixed impressions.

At the same time, everything is very stylish and tasteful. The fusion of modernity and the 80s looks just like fire. Demi Moore and Qualley are just indecently good in their roles. Denis Quaid has a separate curtsey. A lot of references and homages in a huge vinaigrette also look wonderfully good. And overall, it's a very good movie. But high expectations still blurred the effect)

It was a bit boring, I thought it would be epic, but alas

The film is exciting.. Demi Moore is beautiful.

Imho, she had to finish everything as soon as she realized that she was falling out for a week and was not living that life. What's the joke? An uncovered maternal instinct?

As an anxious person, I say look at the company. The film is not scary, but the level of anxiety inside is painful

Not bad, at the same time disgusting, disgusting, intense and delicious. How in our time people do not love themselves and do not know how to accept themselves as they are. The cult of beauty and youth is very scary!

I didn't experience such a shock from watching, I probably hardened up with films like Saw, a wrong turn.
But now I won't be able to perceive Demi Moore normally. Not anymore....

How gorgeous Demi Moore looks at her age!

I looked because I often flashed everywhere. I was among those who liked the film. Before watching, I came across various reviews on it, and I was hooked on the idea, since it is quite relevant for our time + all these reviews about terrible scenes also make me look at what was shown there. This is where the marketing of the film worked)

Vile, disgusting, provocative — this is what attracts attention. There will always be talk about vile scenes, about how nasty they are, about how well worked out they are.

As a photographer, I noticed different visual techniques.
A perfectly white bathroom, a uniform red corridor without excess, a monochrome apartment with shades of blue. All this does not give anything superfluous, makes you look only at the key goal!

The shrimp-eating scene is also shown from a nasty point of view. It would seem that shrimps are super, they are delicious to eat, but they are served to us in a disgusting way, we are not up to taste, we are immersed in the world of the weird side of life.

What did I understand for myself in this film? He says that you should not abuse some things in life (for example, health).

And that it is not worth changing yourself for the sake of others, it is worth seeing the good in yourself, because there are no flaws. Someone will say that you have them, and someone on the contrary will praise, it will be difficult to choose who to believe, and you do not need to believe, you need to see yourself, without other people's words that make you doubt yourself.

I recommend it from myself, I liked the movie. But not for the faint of heart, of course.

Disgust

I do not know what to say.. My head is upside down
It's an interesting idea, I don't argue, but there's so much nasty stuff, it's creepy
I have read, watched and heard reviews of what and how it is in it, but so much so
Sometimes I understood gg, but this is in rare cases

a review of the substance. I heard about the movie from every corner and really wanted to watch it.
in general, if you omit what is happening in the last 30 minutes, then the film is NORMAL. on 7/10. then the kick-ass couple started, schizo + lobotomy + knockouts + New Yorker vibe. a little delayed, I fucked up watching silent scenes and squandered them🙏
briefly plot: the actress has aged and has become no longer a HYPE, by a lucky chance she meets an office that can make a younger, unintelligent clone. in short, like Naruto kage bunshin no jutsu, but they change and another copy is deactivated. the temptation took over, the young clone began to get impudent, well, in short, she almost killed herself) in short. in the last 30 minutes, all that remained of the body was a random generation of organs on the mass called the body, well, that's it) dead)
pros:
+USA production;
+ moderately pleasantly disgusting. not only in terms of the fu monster, but also in terms of moral ugliness.
Bypassing:
- for a long time. 2:20 fucking;
- crazy at the end;
- random parts aka Chekhov's guns that didn't fire in the end.

The overall score is 6.46/10

It's funny, a kind of mix of a Neon demon and one of the episodes of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities 🫠

Well....It's all allegory and grotesque. And an instructive metaphor in the plot. Even Dennis Quade did not save, although it was unexpected to see him in such a role. I don't know what they looked at in Kuoli, in my opinion it's a little flat. Moore, too, well, she doesn't pull the movie herself, unless it's a striptease and Jane's soldier.

A movie at a time. It leaves a lot of questions.

80 percent of the film is good, even delayed, but the ending is still the same))

In general, it's a really good instructive film, but it would be less crinkly at the end🥹🤏🏻 Body horror is yes, but somehow too much in the end, exactly what was chewed up🤣

I didn't like it. I'm either not old enough yet, or I'm not ambitious enough, but I've been trying to figure out the whole movie - why? As I understand it, in the film, give or take our time. Elizabeth, who looks amazing, is also conditionally healthy (according to the doctor after the accident, well, they did not voice any of her illnesses), living in a luxury apartment, I suspect that there are also funds for living. Well, they drove you out of work, and fuck it! Go to YouTube, create your show again there, old fans will catch up, and maybe new ones from all over the world will start, since you really need adoration or approval. The world is rapidly aging, most are not old yet, but everything is coming to that. And this Elizabeth, how she got through it is unclear at all, is silent and nods. It feels like he can't talk at all, except on the show "you can, etc." With grandpa in the bar, well, it was possible to discuss what and how? In general, I couldn't empathize. Yes, the picture is excellent, the references, everything is fine. But GG is dull. And not because she's not young. Instead of continuing to live and chew beans, she creates a huge mountain of problems for herself. In order to what?

AND THAT WAS THE NOISE!
That's what competent advertising, thoughtful marketing moves and famous actors in the cast mean. In general, the idea is interesting, but somehow dreary and without dynamics to something final. It's as if each fragment has its own understatement. Perhaps if they had promoted this idea and filmed the series, the ratings would have been higher. Perhaps the best thing is Demi Moore's game, I just believed it, everything else seems to be a prop.

It was interesting to watch exactly before Sue's fight with Grandma. Then some kind of sur, as if the creators did not know how to finish, decided to draw inspiration from the forbidden and under LSD so far.
In short, 2/3 of the film is 5, 1/3 is 1. Total 3.5.
And Demi Moore is just good…

A very deep film, yes, in the end, it seems to me, they overdid it, but how much sense....
The moment when she was so desperate that she decided to kill herself, and then remembering the words that she needed so much, they will love you.;, wanted to give "that" life, because she hates herself.... for the living 💔💔💔

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This is a pussy,in a bad, good and figurative sense
I have mixed feelings after viewing
The message is understood, there is a lot of meat, Demi Moore is a beauty

It's amazing how, after so many blows to the mirror, Elizabeth was conscious and alive after further beatings😵
They showed some preoccupied men, not a single normal one😅
For me, the movie is a little bit delayed, well, damn 2 and a half hours is pzdc😄
Apparently, I am already immune to such films)) there was no such disgust, which everyone writes about, it did not make me sick, like many people, because everyone is so gentle, it's just Someone Else's 2024, on the contrary, I laughed, where did so much blood come from? it can be seen that this was the most disgusting moment for everyone.
The monster 2 v1 was interestingly depicted

The film as a whole is not bad, the idea is good, but the ending was just disappointing, it was interesting to watch, but the end did not come. It's a pity, but she's basically to blame herself, her greedy copy, who grabbed popularity, just killed

An interesting film. Reminded me of the "Neon Demon". The ending is kind of dumb. I watched it until the moment of the fight, I left the rest for later. When I returned to watching, I decided that it was pointless, because the game had just begun.

But in general, the film made me think, although the topic is not new. Beauty does not "require sacrifice," it requires self-love. Elizabeth initially disliked herself, so she was blown away without universal adoration. She looked gorgeous for her age, not everyone looks like that at 50. Or how old she is in the story.

Yes, the audience needs new faces, young blood. It has always been so. The cycle of popularity in nature.

At such moments, you need to look for new meanings to move on, and not worry about the fact that you are not so juicy anymore and every second person does not want to fuck you. Do not envy beauty and a young body. Very infantile thoughts for an adult woman.

She is lonely and lost. With such a case, you need to go to your loved ones or to a psychologist, and not look at all sorts of dubious flash drives 😄

To stoop so low that you even ask a classmate out on a date, finding his number on a piece of paper that was lying in a puddle. Just because he said she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

The lack of self-worth and self-love - alas and ah. And also a statement for wrappers. But it is too exaggerated, of course, it is shown.

Both actresses are super! 🔥

A cool movie, but a strange ending

The first thought after the credits roll is that neither the director nor the screenwriter of this masterpiece should receive a similar (at least in scale and hype) job anymore. As Vasily Topolev says: in St. Petersburg, everything is on ice again, we need hands. Demi Moore has nothing to play — most of her scenes actually want to rewind. Margaret Qualley is a bombshell and a good girl, I don't want to rewind her, but I only managed to flaunt the beauty of the bodies, because there's nothing for anyone to play here (

Then the movie search opens and the fun begins. The director and the screenwriter are two in one, a lady with a protracted midlife crisis. Those who are persistent, who in the process did not burn out their eyes and feelings with a penny idea with a frenzied realization to the point of paranoia, fate rewards catharsis. "The Frenchwoman was inspired by her own life experience. All her life, she felt like she wasn't good enough. Over the years, the demands and dislike of oneself and one's appearance only intensified, and after 40 years there was a feeling that life was about to end." That's it. Otherwise, it seemed to me that the author's obsession with the topic of objectification would not only surpass it for all the archetypes pinned by art from the plot taken together, but also drown it. It turned out that he hadn't imagined it. Why is there so much attention to how you look, what stage of your life you are at, and how others perceive you? And why are they doing this supposedly only (!) by the standard of conventional beauty? The plot is responsible — she told about the origin of the plot, there was still elaboration and presentation. And they wouldn't survive the first question in a literature lesson in any classroom at any school if they were there.