Demi Moore attends the premiere of ‘The Substance’ during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival at Royal Alexandra Theatre on September 05, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Image: Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
latest film, ‘The Substance’, has left audiences reeling. The movie has set social media alight with a flurry of reviews, with some viewers admitting they can’t stop thinking about it, while others recount tales of their dates becoming physically ill after watching.
One viewer, Tara, revealed on X that her date refused to let her drive him home after the film because he didn’t want to be sick in front of her. She shared: “My date wouldn’t let me drive him home after The Substance because “we haven’t been seeing each other long enough” for him to throw up in front of me. He literally just walked home in the rain to vomit with dignity. Five star movie.”
Her date later texted her to apologise, but praised the film as ‘great’. He wrote: “Sorry for the quick goodbye! I barfed around the corner, but great movie! “.
Tara shared the text, calling him “what a trooper”.
, one cinema-goer reported: “At least 20 people walked out of my screening in Leicester Square before the end. It was brutal. Most people watched it through their hands. It was the most graphic film I’ve ever seen.”
Margaret Qualley attends the premiere of The Substance during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival at Royal Alexandra Theatre on September 05, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Image: Cindy Ord/Getty Images))
The film sees Indecent Proposal star , 61, take on the role of Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging celebrity who resorts to a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself – played by Maid actress and daughter of Andie MacDowell and Paul Qualley, 29 year old Margaret Qualley, reports .
While discussing her role in ‘The Substance,’ mother-of-three Demi confessed: “When I read The Substance I thought, wow, this could be really amazing – or it could be a f***ing disaster. So, of course, I had to say yes.”
She added, “I feel like Ghost was very similar, but I think when we push ourselves out of our comfort zone and it makes us afraid it always makes us a little better. Even if it fails.”
Reflecting, Demi mentioned, “The reviews for Ghost were disastrous.”