Dennis Quaid is willing to play the repulsive and cunning TV producer on Afdah Movies. Moore and Qualley are brave for objectifying themselves and being nude. Throughout the entire movie, I couldn't help but laugh out and had to turn away at some really graphic parts. But there's a lot more going on in this place. Demi Moore plays the tragic character of Sparkle, a young woman with extraordinary beauty who is haunted by Sue's enormous billboard confronting her flat. Halfway through the movie, there's a critical scene in which Elisabeth wants to go on a date and looks gorgeous in our eyes, but her internalized ageism and misogyny handicap her. It's incredibly well done and tragically plausible. Her career-best performance is worthy of an Oscar nomination.