The Substance Movie Review

My girlfriend Mariah and I watched the movie called The Substance this past weekend.

We became aware of this movie some time ago and thought it looked really good.

Well, we were right.

If you have not seen this yet and want to, avoid reading the rest of this because I will be giving spoilers.  Otherwise, please read on.

Demi Moore, in may I say one of her best roles, plays an Academy Award winning actress who is now hosting an exercise show.  However, she finds out indirectly from her boss (played by Dennis Quaid in a very over the top performance) that she is being fired for being too old.

After this, she gets in a car accident (she suffers no injuries) and while she is at the hospital, a nurse gives her a USB drive that features an ad about a way to be young again.

Intrigued, she goes to this very shady, isolated looking place to get the stuff needed to make the procedure happen.

And let’s just say it initially works.  What happens is that another form of her (played by Margaret Qualley) comes out of Demi and for 7 days, this part of herself will exist and Demi will basically not exist.  But after 7 days, she has to “not exist” and Demi will exist for 7 days.  

This goes on for awhile and as I said initially, it works.  However, both get greedy let’s say with their time and how they handle things, and in the end, it does not work out for either part.

I think this movie is excellent.

Again, Demi gives one of her best performances.

Dennis Quaid is soooooo over the top.

Margaret Qualley is great.

The cinematography, sets, music, everything is phenomenal.

This movie I consider science fiction, but also an extreme story of how people will do anything to remain young.

Seek out The Substance.