The Substance

You are one… PSYCH As far as satires go, this is a pretty in-your-face critique of the male gaze and women’s struggle with appearance. It’s pretty disturbing to see Elizabeth/Sue go to such great lengths, ultimately killing herself (three times really), in order to receive praise/acceptance from such a perturbing audience. I understand why the screenplay was nominated for oscars. Solid movie, gave me some american psycho vibes. Really would have liked to see better explanation for the transfer of thought and emotion between bodies. It seems like fragments of memory were transferred (seen through dreams), but obviously not entirely. Sort of makes me beg the question why anyone would voluntarily sacrifice half their time to give birth to a young her version of themselves, but also entirely unable to redo the benefits (i.e. never experiencing the praise/satisfaction of approval).