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‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore And Margaret Qualley Pair Up For The Year’s Smartest, Goriest Horror Breakout – Cannes Film Festival
Coralie Fargeat's The Substance takes aim at ageism and sexism in the entertainment industry with a riotous, dreamlike horror-thriller.
But here we are, and not only does she give the furthest-out performance this side of Nicolas Cage — who raised the stakes in Cannes this year by eating a dead rat in The Surfer — she is all in for the humor and clearly totally in sync with Fargeat’s not-really-very-subtle-at-all feminist agenda. Although no money seems every to change hands, Elisabeth is up and running when she takes possession of a cardboard box filled with liquids and arcane medical ephemera, emblazoned with words like “Activate,” “Stabilize” and “Switch.” At home, she strips off and jacks up a neon-yellow serum. Title: The Substance Festival: Cannes (Competition) Director-screenwriter: Coralie Fargeat Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid Sales agent: Cinetic Media Running time: 2 hr 20 min
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