This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The Substance
I have a friend who used to tell me often that the cinema industry believes the audience to be straight-up stupid and that’s why cinema has become so highly standardized and simplified. Sadly, the Palm d’Or nominee and Cannes Best Screenplay winner with a 10 minute audience ovation tells us we are forthright incompetent. The Substance is billed as a horror feminist film which talks about an ‘expired’ Hollywood host of an aerobic show who gets fired due…
The Manic charm of the French Daddy Issues Bourgeoise: Seoul drift a la Cannes.
Still not sure wether the director wants to ironize the protagonist or seriously tried to search for himself and his mixed background through this film.
Cute cinematography, obvious references (Mambo), though the first half really got me, the second left me VOID, we are supposed to excuse the lack of character profundity because of psychologically divergent behaviour, trauma and hip dance scenes. Qt.
