The Substance exposes brilliantly the tortures women put themselves and their bodies through. It is bleakly true, but there’s a bigger, and happier, truth for all women.
, a gory, gaudy, body-horror feminist cautionary tale, is a question asked by the main character, Elisabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore. Sparkle is a glamorous television star, an aerobics instructor whose physical near-perfection is seemingly undermined by only one thing – her age.
During the film I was periodically blocking my ears , groaning in disgust and laughing at the ridiculousness of the final scenes. Audience members have walked out, fainted and vomited. If you’re at all squeamish, it’s well avoided. Many have blasted the film. They are right to say that, in it, the female body is both exploited and made repulsive. There are countless close-ups of Sue’s sweaty breasts and perfectly round ass. And Elisabeth, once she feels ugly, old and washed-up, goes mad and becomes monstrous, a familiar trope known asI kept wondering how much The Substance cost, and if an addiction would bankrupt Elisabeth, but we never find out.
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