What is the Metascore for The Substance?

The Substance has a Metascore of 78 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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The Substance Review (2024) — 77% Celluloid Score

Q: Is The Substance worth watching?

The Substance (2024) has a Celluloid Score of 77%, averaged across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. It comes recommended overall. Directed by Coralie Fargeat.

Directed by Coralie Fargeat · 2024 · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

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Answer Summary

The Substance (2024) earns a 77% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (89%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (72%).

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

77%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

89% Critic Score

72% Audience

78 Metascore

★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.8

7.2 IMDb /10

Runtime: 2h 21m
Cast: Demi Moore , Margaret Qualley , Dennis Quaid

🏆 6 award wins · 6 nominations — Won Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Awards 2025

Official theatrical poster for The Substance (2024)

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Why this score?

Majority of critics rated it fresh (89%).
General viewers mostly liked it (72%).
Metascore is generally favorable (78/100).
Celluloid Score 77% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

Viewers who want a well-regarded horror, sci-fi, drama pick
Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers

Not ideal for

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Is The Substance worth watching?

Yes — The Substance earns a 77% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

A gleefully gory feminist provocation that weaponises body horror against Hollywood's cult of youth, powered by a fearless Demi Moore and a climax of pure prosthetic delirium.
Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics (89%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (72%).

What is The Substance about?

A fading television fitness star, discarded the moment she turns fifty, injects a black-market serum that spawns a younger, better self — and the two halves of one woman go to war in a grotesque, escalating body-horror satire about the violence of the beauty industry.