The Substance 2024 by AverageMansReviews

The Substance 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/birth/decay/drugs/disfigurement/self harm/vehicle crash/bodily functions/animal cruelty/medical.I will make references to this again at some point or/and points, but when this film starts to go to a dark place it doesn't look back; it very much just keeps going and going.

What would you do for another another life?; For a timeshare of just 7 days: basically; we meet Elisabeth Sparkle [Demi Moore:] that works for this TV network on her own aerobics TV show called I believe Sparkle with Elizabeth, but just to cover my back I could be slightly wrong about this TV program name. But she is turning 50 years old and has shelf life is coming to an end [ I am not the one saying that by the way; it is just being indicated;] when she was much younger used to get job opportunities leading to Academy Awards which she won, but not so much these days. She even goes to talk to her network boss Harvey [Dennis Quaid:] he is a network boss which comes across as a fat cat, arrogant posterior [fantastic usage of the close-up cameras shots to put this across that he is arrogant and a posterior as to also illustrate he needs to take up the hole camera shot and/or later on he is also a pig as well,] but has already told someone on the phone that Elisabeth needs to be replaced with somebody younger. Elizabeth has already overheard this, because she was somewhere where she needed to be, but shouldn't have been. Elizabeth gets given the choice to try "The Substance" which she takes and creates Sue; Sue [Margaret Qualley:] is another version of Elizabeth Sparkle but just younger.

Generally speaking: let's begin at the beginning; script; without giving too much away, it is of the outlay of social commentary, as any woman knows when they reach a certain age, they feel from its broad perspective invisible and this title explores what that could entail. I should quickly highlight broadly speaking I treat every woman the same be used 16 or 80 or whatever and I find it very sad that we treat women from 16 to whatever age different and just for the record under UK law 16 -year-old are allowed to legally have sex. This title makes its point very clear as the younger body Sue gets treated much more differently than the older Elisabeth Sparkle, as men are very interested in giving her job opportunities or dating or other, but in context of this content; Demi Moore at the age of 61 is still gorgeous and I would prefer dating her, no disrespect intended to Margaret Qualley. But I digress I know Elizabeth gets interest or job opportunities, but they are few and far between, but I do like how they make it gush back on the society that in essence created the pressure, which created them so they in a way spit, okay graphically spit/gush back at the society that created them [if this made very little sense; if or when you go to see this film; this will make perfect sense eventually.]

Framework, pacing and art; this in itself is one of those that just needed to be always moving at a consistent pace for a film which is 141 minutes long; the art can be easily seen and felt; as for the vast majority of this film it can be summed up as a new era of filmmaking, vibrant but I do feel compelled to just highlight again when this film goes off into a dark place right towards the end of the film, it goes off into a dark place.

Character developments, performances and comedy; another component of social commentary is if you are not a good person and/or shallow as you get older but true vision of you through one way or another will show through, regardless of how much you try to run away from it. Elizabeth and Sue at some point don't like one another, so they deliberately infuriate each other . The performance of Moore, Qualley and Quaid for basically being in this case the perfect posterior; this is one of those situations where this is a good thing; deserve to receive plenty of at minimum positive nominees; excellent performances be it individually or/and together.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; I have decided to award this project another mark based on the performance, I know it gets a bit graphic towards the very latest stages of this film which I don't mind as I said multiple times to the person I watch some of this content with; okay you have made your point; let's just say it nails its point home, so if you have the stomach for it go and see this film at the cinema. This film already has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Winners that includes Cannes Film Festival 2024 Best Screenplay Coralie Fargeat and 3 Nominees which includes from the same award summary/event Palme d'Or

Coralie Fargeat