The Substance

"Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley deliver perfect performances in 'The Substance' (...) The film dissects and confronts impossible beauty standards with humor and horror (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Whatever you might be expecting from 'The Substance' -think again. This movie is CRAZY" 

"It’s goopy, gory, unnervingly patient, and patently unforgettable" 

"Even if the film occasionally risks overplaying its hand, Fargeat keeps furiously churning through ideas — in particular, about how the entertainment industry traumatises women into doing terrible things to themselves in order to remain employable." 

"Fargeat makes various unmissable homages, to Vertigo and The Shining in particular. It’s the casting of Moore, though (...) that gives The Substance a startling connection with its themes (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Coralie Fargeat delivers a brutal, post-modernist and feminist version of the Faustian pact, bellowing upon the spirit of Cronenberg, Lynch, Kubrick and various others" 

"There’s no doubting the ferocity of the two leads, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, or Fargeat’s sheer filmmaking verve"