The Substance

From some of the very first shots of this movie alone, I could tell it was going to be special. This is hands down one of the most insane movies I have ever watched and I’m so happy I got to see it in theatres, what an experience. I was mouth agape, jaw on the floor for just about the entire last forty minutes of this and for good reason. Every time you think it’s going to end, they throw more at you, every time you think it can’t get crazier, it does. Margaret Qualley puts in an absolutely stellar performance as well, I was never her biggest fan before but after this, wow. Demi Moore also did such a great job, top tier acting from both of them. The direction and the cinematography in this are amazing as well, the number of visceral reactions I had to this film is honestly too many to count. The Gregg Araki, Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg, David Lynch realness that was dished out this entire film just checked so many boxes for me. It’s so cool to see insane movies like this still being made and I’m so glad to see that this film is getting the recognition it deserves because it is easily one of the best movies of the year so far.