This is as subtle as a car crash... which it has!
Elizabath Sparkle is an over aged, cursed husk of a woman (age 50) and the industry has no use for women over than this century, so she takes a "substance" that kicks out a sort of clone of her, but younger. Who is really popular. And doesn't want to put up with her older self. That can only go well.
As much as this isn't about women getting old, and we briefly see an old man, this is about women getting old and not being in Hollywood any more. As much as you want to say it isn't just woman, we get Dennis Quaid and Old Shareholders having a fine ole time. And we have plenty of evidence of older men still acting whereas always need the new female hotness.
Demi Moore is still a fine actress and so is Margaret Qualley as they both are the same person (more or less, they don't talk about how they don't really look that alike - indeed if they did it might cause more problems for the story than they want to address). The prothestics and other effects are blended in well, and help sell everything.
This is one of those good "black comedy"s, in that you can actually tell it is a black comedy. Worth a watch!
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