Trendy Gamers: Declaration of War was one of 2012’s finalist’s for a spot in the Oscar’s best foreign film category; it fell understandably fell short though. It’s a boldly realized narrative that adheres to the rules of French new-wave filmmaking, randomly breaking the familiar cadence of a medical drama with some visual and auditory pizzazz. It’s a slightly fictionalized autobiography that suffers from being too whimsical when there surely had to be a plethora of suffering to draw from to balance out this film’s tonal equilibrium.
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.
