A Fearless Demi Moore Faces the Horrors of Aging—or Not—in ‘The Substance’

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Moore goes for broke in this mean and clever film about a former movie star who finds a way to turn back the clock, for a price.

The film, from French writer-director Coralie Fargeat, takes brutal aim at a culture that Moore knows all too well: the terrible pressure placed on women to forever be young and beautiful, reality be damned. Moore’s is a savvy piece of casting in that regard; she’s been put through the media wringer throughout her 40-year career, scrutinized and speculated about and cast aside.

Fargeat sets the film in a hyper-stylized version of our world, which maybe undermines the relevance of its message. One longs for the movie to be grounded in more reality so that the mounting surreality of Elisbeth’s private life would stand in starker contrast. Without that nuance, Fargeat can only make points broadly—mostly about plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures.

 

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