The Substance

we are sooo back. absolute perfection from start to finish.  going to call this the mitosis movie, because that’s essentially what happens here along with an absolutely devastating depiction of body dysmorphia and the daunting feeling a woman has that her “prime time” is coming to an end.  it’s not subtle at all. very very in your face. they might as well splatter the walls with it (they did.) but that doesn’t mean it was any less impactful. she goes to war with herself. she hates herself. she loves herself. she destroys herself.  i can’t forget to mention the fucking visual ??? stunning set. amazing use of color and WHITE. her sterile and seemingly untouched bathroom being the main location of this grotesque body horror—of this skin crawling ritual she does in order to become a better version of herself—just perfect.  i was wondering how they could possibly end this and the last 30 minutes didn’t disappoint at all. it was a slow and maddening journey of self destruction, and self destruct she did.  movie of the fucking year