A surprisingly engaging thriller, largely because of its lead character, a young woman who finds herself in a situation requiring the use of her wits and keen powers of observation.
Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
TNS: "The Substance is a body horror film that risks turning away an audience for some of the best bloodiest scenes in recent memory."
In case this needs to be stated explicitly, this contains huge spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux and the film's ending.
Oh no, Joker: Folie à Deux! Look at how they massacred my boy.
I don't care for Amanda Seyfried at all. I hardly think she'd be convincing it a role like this. I have no desire to see this as I'm sure she would only worsen what already appears to be a sub-par thriller.
Nobody I know has said anything good about this. And taking a quick glance at RT, reveals that all the actual critics pretty much lambaste this movie too.