"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 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,
Demi Moore gives a career-best performance in The Substance
Demi Moore gives the performance of her career as Elisabeth Sparkle, an 80sesque TV fitness instructor who, on her 50th birthday, is unceremoniously fired by her misogynistic boss, Harvey (Dennis Quaid).
'The Substance' review: Demi Moore dazzles in a derivative midnight snooze
At last, Cannes embraces body-horror schlock in Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance," but the film is more metaphorical than meaningful. Review.
Demi Moore is back with ‘The Substance’ body horror: ‘The nudity is the least important part’
Since its Cannes premiere “The Substance” has churned controversy over its body horror scenario, frequent, flagrant nudity – and buzz about a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Demi Moore.
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).
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley talk feminism, misogyny and their controversial film The Substance
Directed and written by Coralie Fargeat, the film follows the story of TV star and aerobics instructor Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore), who is fired from her own show on her 50th birthday by her boss, Dennis Quaid's cartoonishly misogynist TV exec Harvey – a not-even-slightly-subtle iteration of disgraced abuser Harvey Weinstein.
Review: Demi Moore brilliantly seizes the role of her lifetime in 'The Substance'
"The Substance" is a dark modern fable that starts out blaming men for reducing women to sex objects and then cuts deeper. Fargeat saves a special rage for women who conspire in their own diminishment, trading their soul in a pulse beat for a few more shining hours as a goddess.
‘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.
'The Substance' review: Demi Moore shines in bold, boundary-pushing psycho horror shocker
In her second film, French writer-director Coralie Fargeat (2017's "Revenge") calls on boundary pushers such as Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn and Davids Lynch and Cronenberg in her raging body horror sci-fi nightmare.
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
Critics Have Seen The Substance, And Many Are Calling Demi Moore’s ‘Go-Until-You-Gag’ Body Horror One Of The Year’s Best
When it comes to upcoming horror movies, one of this year’s best may be hitting theaters this weekend, with Demi Moore’s body ...
'The Substance' starring Demi Moore as an actress who fears aging cuts deep
Finally, “The Substance” is very much a woman’s movie. The way writer-director Coralie Fargeat presents Demi Moore and ...
Demi Moore confronts her own demons in new horror movie amid Hollywood comeback
Demi Moore’s new horror movie “The Substance" tackles Hollywood's impossible beauty standards, something Moore has dealt with ...
Demi Moore Reveals How 'Magical' Granddaughter Louetta Has Changed Her Life: 'She Is a Pocket of Joy'
Demi Moore revealed how her 'magical' granddaughter Louetta, who Rumer Willis shares with ex-boyfriend Derek Richard Thomas, ...