'The Substance' review: Over-the-top satire often nauseating and seldom edifying
Source: Suntimes
Reports from the Cannes Film Festival told us the French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s intentionally nauseating, wildly over-the-top and relentlessly grotesque body horror parable “The Substance” caused a number of walkouts but also earned an 11-minute standing ovation, and I have a couple of notes about that:Why is it a thing to time the length of standing ovations at showbiz insider festivals? What does it matter? Sometimes the Standing O is for a great film, but then again, “Horizon: An American Saga” got a 10-minute standing ovation.I’ve never walked out of a film because I...