I hated this. Obvious, tonally incoherent, shot to look like shit, and so little respect for the viewer that it overexplains every shallow, underdeveloped idea.
It reminds me of the guy at every college who says “Actually, everyone is at least a bit racist” like it’s an original and profound thought, the kind of person you can shame into silence just by saying “Interesting, tell me more.”
Great set design and practical effects that gave me serious The Thing vibes. It’s difficult to appreciate because of the consistently atrocious camerawork but every other element of the visual design is just fantastic.
I have a lot of questions about the old man who was taking THE SUBSTANCE so he could have an alter ego who was a nurse practitioner. But then it made as much sense as the rest of the movie so why bother picking it apart? The movie didn’t trust the audience to do any thinking on their own so I won’t.
Someday I will learn not to watch any movie that did well at Cannes.
