"The Substance"

Join us for The Substance at the MJR Theater in Troy on Saturday, October 19th at 6:00 pm.

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn– temporarily– as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong?

Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_tDLs6u2E0

The Substance
R
2 hr 20 min
Saturday, October 19, 6:10 PM

Director: Coralie Fargeat
Cast :Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Genre: Drama, Horror

MJR Troy Cinema 16
Auditorium 7
Tickets $11
Advanced tickets: The Substance

Reviews

"An immensely, unstoppably, ecstatically demented fairy tale about female self-hatred, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance will stop at nothing — and I mean nothing — to explode the ruthless beauty standards that society has inflicted upon women for thousands of years, a burden this camp-adjacent instant classic aspires to cast off with some of the most spectacularly disgusting body horror this side of The Fly or the final minutes of Akira.

-- David Ehrlich
Indie Wire
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-substance-review-margaret-qualley-demi-moore-body-horror-1235006738/

Other Reviews
[RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-substance-movie-review)
The Guardian
IMDb

A group discussion of the movie will follow. Location: Joes Grill (Mediterranean-American food), 1919 E Big Beaver Rd, Troy. https://www.yelp.com/biz/joe-s-grill-troy?osq=joes+grill