The message of the new movie "The Substance" starring Demi Moore, is that if you are an aging celebrity and trying to continue your career by getting plastic surgery, botox, or any number of other recommended medical solutions to slowing the aging process - far too often, these solutions fail and make the whole problem of aging worse than it would be otherwise. The best example of this is the late Micheal Jackson, who destroyed his looks by receiving way too many plastic surgeries for many years.
This story takes the ongoing problem of celebrity plastic surgeries and procedures to the ultimate level of crazy throughout this story, especially at the end, resulting in a disgusting and unnecessarily bloody, violent horror movie. I thought that the level of blood and gore was way over the top, changing the entire course of this movie into just another "seen before" massive experiment in movie makeup.
The Substance stars Demi Moore as Elizabeth Sparkle who is a fading celebrity desperate to prevent the end of her fame, due to her age. Margaret Qualley plays Sue who is the younger clone of Elizabeth who comes out of the body of Elizabeth as a result of a chemical process that requires a series of chemicals to keep the two women alive. The instructions say that they are both one person so that when one woman is alive in the world, the other woman has to remain unconscious. Predictably, things go very wrong mid way through this story, around the time when Sue becomes a huge star with a fitness TV show.
There is a great deal of nudity in this movie, making this role more risky for the career of 61-year-old Demi Moore. Time will tell if taking this role was a huge mistake or resulted in some level of a revival of her acting career.
Once again the way too high 89% Rotten Tomatoes rating for this film is wrong, with my rating only 50% mainly for the way too much blood violent and disgusting scenes throughout this movie. I do not recommend The Substance.
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