- Apr 11, 2002
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The Substance
Its a pretty full on body horror fable which on the surface all plays pretty well and the narrative and themes are all pretty well constructed and considered.
Im not sure the final act worked for me completely. It was super gross and i think went into the comical rather than the gross, which isnt an issue in and of itself but i lost the thread a bit with it.
Demi and Margaret are great and Denis Quaid is TRULY disgusting.
WTF did I just watch Loved it though, all 3 main leads were outstanding.
Felt a bit the same about the ending but I assume it was some sort of not so subtle commentary on beauty standards in Hollywood etc, dunno I'm still in a weird type of shock at what I witnessed the last couple of hours, best movie I've seen in sometime.