The Substance
2024
Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
User Rating
Intensity
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
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- Director
- Coralie Fargeat
- Written by
- Coralie Fargeat
- Produced by
- Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
- Composer
- Raffertie
- Cinematographer
- Benjamin Kračun
- Editors
- Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Féron
- Sound Designer
- Valérie Deloof
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production countries
- France, United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 7.1/10 (6,168 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 89% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 78/100
- IMDb
- 7.2/10 (416,556 votes)
Awards
- WonBram Stoker Award— Best Screenplay(2025)
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Picture(2025)
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Makeup and Hairstyling(2025)
- NominatedFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Wide Release Film(2025)
Cast
Demi Moore
Elisabeth
Margaret Qualley
Sue
Dennis Quaid
Harvey
Edward Hamilton-Clark
Fred
Gore Abrams
Oliver
Oscar Lesage
Troy
Christian Erickson
Man at Diner
Robin Greer
Male Nurse
Tom Morton
Doctor
Hugo Diego Garcia
Diego - Boyfriend
Daniel Knight
Casting Director
Jonathon Carley
Assistant Casting Director
Jiselle Henderkott
Girl Auditioning / New Year's Eve Show Dancer
Akil Wingate
TV Host
Vincent Colombe
Man in Suit #1 - Harvey's Office
Billy Bentley
Man in Suit #2
Lennard Ridsdale
Man in Suit #3
Jordan Ford Silver
Assistant Director - Pump It Up Show
Crew
Coralie Fargeat
Director
Eric Fellner
Producer
Tim Bevan
Producer
Raffertie
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Kračun
Director of Photography
Jérôme Eltabet
Editor
Valentin Féron
Editor
Stanislas Reydellet
Production Design
Alexandra Loewy
Executive Producer
Erik Baiers
Executive Producer
Nicolas Royer
Executive Producer
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Score
Raffertie
The Substance (Original Motion Picture Score)
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User Notes
In the year or two since this film was released, the entertainment industry has become obsessed with GLP-1s, looksmaxxer influencers like Clavicular have penetrated the mainstream, & Silicon Valley start-ups like Superpower have raised tens of millions of dollars to import peptides to alter our body's chemistry. Beyond its visceral commentary on western culture's warped views on youth & beauty, I think this film will be remembered as a warning shot before society was overrun with new pressures to adopt new tech-based optimizations. The entertainment industry's arms race toward some artificially achieved, conventionally attractive ideal may be spilling over into the workplace.