Only had to pay $6 on Prime tonight if anyone is interested but still hasn't seen it. Not a lot to add since we agree with all of the comments here.

Wow
What the heck?!? Never seen anything like the Substance. More gratuitous nudity from huge stars than I've seen in a movie combined with batsh*t crazy/gross special effects. The last half hour was out there.

This is the kind of movie that would have been huge at early teen slumber parties in the 80s.

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Saw it tonight. Wow. Did sort of feel like the last twenty minutes fell apart but I liked it.

Demi Moore held nothing back on this one. Ending is hard to describe

RightWingConspirator said:

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Saw it tonight. Wow. Did sort of feel like the last twenty minutes fell apart but I liked it.

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I thought it really came together

The nudity is fake…and Demi won GG over Wicked star haha

Demi is making huge strides in the Oscar race. She's gained a ton of steam after the GG win.

GoldDerby now has her in the #2 spot behind Mikey Madison. Believe she was at #5 about a month ago.

At this point I think she actually has a pretty damn good shot given her story, and the fact that she never had ANY major award wins before this year.

I think the Academy loves to reward this type of comeback. (ie Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan, etc.)

You can watch this for free with a 7 day Mubi trial (I had never heard of Mubi either but it is a legit site for artsy films).

Not terrible but I preferred the first 3/4 of the movie before it just became completely ridiculous.

Demi's other self is a goddess. Good lord she's hot.

Shocked at Demi's performance. I never considered her much of an actress. 3/4 into this film and liking it a lot.

And agreed Sue is a smoke show. In the last scene of Pump it Up the wife turns to me and said "isn't this getting really old" talking about the numerous scenes of aerobics and I said "no not at all".

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3/4 into this film and liking it a lot.

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So umm...how was the ending?

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lol.

Watched this last night using the MUBI trial.

Yikes! I'm not a horror fan at all, but love thrillers and things with well done social commentary, so went in hopeful.

It looked great and the acting was great but I agree it devolved in the end. It just seemed to drag on. Maybe it was because I was literally averting my eyes at parts but things just seemed to go on and on and on.

While Demi was really good, to think she is one of the front runners is wild to me. I don't think that's a Best Actress winning caliber performance.

Also the fact that the director as nominated over some of the other possibilities is a bit wild as well. It tried to say something, but where as recent movies like Parasite or Triangle Of Sadness, pulled it off, this one lost the reigns a bit.

Like a post above said, I initially thought they would be one consciousness, not separate. The premise didn't work that well as "old" Demi wasn't even conscious of the joys the young version was experiencing. Wanting to be young again? Sure. Hey, what about a young clone of you gets to party while you sit in a closet for 7 days and get absolutely nothing out it? Nope! I mean I understand what is was trying to speak to, but I just don't think it worked.

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I thought it was gross and just plain stupid.