Janey Clarkson is the real victim in all this

I'm so sad Bette Davis is dead because she would have EATEN up Demi Moore's role in The Substance

Janey Clarkson is the real victim in all this

I'm so sad Bette Davis is dead because she would have EATEN up Demi Moore's role in The Substance

the b in bette davis stands for better than everyone

the b in bette davis stands for better than everyone

A heavy melodrama which is definitely overwrought but well done and acted.

A heavy melodrama which is definitely overwrought but well done and acted.

What started out as a seemingly normal rom-dram plot evolved into something I wasn’t expecting but so happy I got, it becomes a genuinely thought-provoking and touching character study on the acceptance of aging and I absolutely loved it. Bette’s as fantastic as I could’ve hoped and although I still like her role more in Now, Voyager she’s especially charismatic here with her unique ability to make me smile more than any actress ever has. In a similar vein of praise and speaking of Now, Voyager Claude Rains again impressed me here playing a character similar to the one he played in The Passionate Friends, I’d honestly say he was better here though, he’s truly one of cinema’s greatest character actors so it doesn’t surprise me at all that I’ve loved another performance of his. I was worried this would feel long with its nearly two and a half hour runtime but it didn’t at all, a very nicely written script helped it flow nicely and of course those performances helped a lot, I need to see more from everyone involved in this.

What started out as a seemingly normal rom-dram plot evolved into something I wasn’t expecting but so happy I got, it becomes a genuinely thought-provoking and touching character study on the acceptance of aging and I absolutely loved it. Bette’s as fantastic as I could’ve hoped and although I still like her role more in Now, Voyager she’s especially charismatic here with her unique ability to make me smile more than any actress ever has. In a similar vein of praise and speaking of Now, Voyager Claude Rains again impressed me here playing a character similar to the one he played in The Passionate Friends, I’d honestly say he was better here though, he’s truly one of cinema’s greatest character actors so it doesn’t surprise me at all that I’ve loved another performance of his. I was worried this would feel long with its nearly two and a half hour runtime but it didn’t at all, a very nicely written script helped it flow nicely and of course those performances helped a lot, I need to see more from everyone involved in this.

I was going to rate this lower because Bette Davis’s character was so annoying, but that ending 😭

I was going to rate this lower because Bette Davis’s character was so annoying, but that ending 😭