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Every Demi Moore Movie Performance, Ranked
Her Oscar buzz for The Substance is an undeniable convergence of actor, role, and moment.
The adults are relegated to bookend scenes, leaving most of the action to their younger selves (Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Ashley Aston Moore, and Gaby Hoffman), who examine life, death, divorce, boys, their own changing bodies, and friendship dynamics. Sure, it’s not as funny as the Carl Hiaasen novel on which it’s based, nor is it as progressive as it wants to be, but it captures the spirit of its world and delivers strong performances from Ving Rhames, Burt Reynolds, and Moore as a down-on-her-luck FBI secretary turned stripper trying to win custody of her daughter. Coralie Fargeat’s singular vision and screenplay set Moore up to channel over four decades of acting and life experience into her performance as Elizabeth Sparkle, the starlet turned fitness queen willing to do anything to hold onto her youth — and relevance — when the awful men who run her industry are ready to replace her.
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