The Substance

“Fargeat delivers a macabre, funny, tragic, absurd and grotesque Grand Guignol of butts and guts; a bonkers and brutal ‘beauty horror’ that elevates the genre to hysterically unprecedented heights.”

— Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service

“Demi Moore seizes the role of her lifetime as a movie star turned fitness guru who gets axed for committing the cardinal sin of aging. You’ve never seen anything like the body horrors in Coralie Fargeat’s gory and glorious takedown of youth obsession.”

— Peter Travers, ABC News