Midsommar (2019)
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ari Aster
Written By: Ari Aster
Starring: Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Liv Mjönes, Ellora Torchia, Anna Åström, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, Isabelle Grill, Rebecka Johnston, Hampus Hallberg
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
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BillyShears | 90 92% |
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Okay, so I think I love grief horror. The less you know about this nonsense going into it, the more you'll either love or hate everything about it. All through the movie they would have something happen in the background or not involving the core group of characters and someone will ask what was that (example: skin the fool game) and then later it would have a sinister pay off. My question walking out of this: What WAS "watching Austin Powers" exactly.
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bof | 78 77% |
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Funniest movie of 2019. So what obviously happened here is Ari Aster went to midsummer celebration, had WAY too much aquavit and hooked up with a hot blonde, and now has to spend 2h30min explaining to his partner what happened. "It wasn't my fault, I swear! There were, like, pagan rites and psychedelic mushrooms and herring and I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO TO SURVIVE DAMNIT!" As a remake of the Wicker Man, it's not bad. As a comedy about a clueless American encountering other cultures, it's brilliant.
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| 12 |  |
Leonardis | 90 65% |
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Ari Aster is back! Went into this film with fairly high expectations and I think they were all met. It's really well shot and edited, and the cinematography and score are beautiful. Pugh is excellent. It is perhaps a tad bit slow in the beginning and it could probably be shorter, but with all of these modern horror films out, this one is probably one of my new favorites. It's not the breath of fresh air that Hereditary was, but it's still very interesting, uncomfortable, and well made.
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deaddilly | 70 48% |
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The beginning of the movie made me sick. Aster starts the film in total agony and spends the rest of the film working to desensitize us from feeling grief by shining light on his atrocity exhibition. It can almost be considered an inverse-horror. While I find the structure fascinating I can't help but feel let down by the lack of good character development for the group of protagonists who went from "Vacay with the bois" to "Hey lets investigate this murderous cult" all too quickly.
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| 10 |  |
Mentaculus | 83 79% |
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Aster is a simple director. The opening card lays out the whole story; every rune is an invitation; every picture a window; every shot telling. It's the characters who lie to others, deceive themselves, and reject the obvious - in both hilarious and disturbing ways. At least the cult is upfront about it all - a sense of inevitability, fatality, is palpable. When it comes to communication: the screaming scene was such a masterclass in pacing, acting, tension and release, I felt it in my throat.
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Hawkins | 79 66% |
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Was fully expecting the guy to throw out one last "Babe, can we talk about this?" in the final scene
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KasperL | 70 65% |
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Extremely well-shot, but everything is so predictable that the film grows gradually less interesting throughout. Pugh is absolutely terrific, though.
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| 8 | Sadman | 75 45% |
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The sequence before the title card appears is pure, thrilling filmmaking. I was so pumped and filled with joyful dread, anticipating the kind of movie experience you always chase. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie can't really keep up with the beginning. The filmmaking and Florence Pugh is pitch-perfect. The writing (and I think Reynor?) falter. Interesting thematic threads feel unfulfilled and the cult is never as interesting as the relational landmines being planted in the first 20 minutes.
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frederic_g54 | 4 14% |
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As with Hereditary, this is another film from Aster with a revolting penchant for provocative and exploitative imagery, barely held together by a story (?) that continuously favors the sensational over the substantial. I never thought I'd say this, but as much as I love A24 for allowing auteurs for their visions and voices to be heard, I don't think movies like this should be encouraged or greenlit to begin with. Fool me twice.
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| 7 |  |
FrederikA | 75 77% |
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Like Hereditary this is a really nicely constructed, well-acted and good looking rework of some classic horror highlights. The Wicker Man is the obvious main source this time around, although I was surprised to also get a Cannibal Exploitation vibe from it (with blond Swedish cultists in a remote Scandinavian forest replacing native tribes in the South American jungle). Also: had this song played over the end, I would have added 10 to the score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwSqSvMmkGA
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| 7 |  |
Alex Watkins | 5 91% |
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A film that dares to confront wrenching horrors with a sense of clinical detachment (the leads are, after all, anthropologists), while the audience and our ostensible protagonists do their best to deny the reality of circumstances until their fates are brutally sealed. It's as much a fish-out-of-water comedy or a breakup film as a horror, and the creative ways in which Aster manages to upend each genre only make me more and more certain he's a true visionary. But what a happy ending!
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| 7 |  |
Corbad | 70 54% |
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Truly disturbing. While technically brilliant, the immersive atmosphere is marred by gruesome sequences that serve no purpose but to affect horror. Particularly squandered is the excellent performance of Florence Pugh, whose story feels disregarded in favour of grotesque shocks. The editing, direction, and unique, unsettling cinematography could have provided a singularly effective horror film. Instead, the focus turns halfway to singsong orgies, flaying, and burning alive.
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Gnalkhere | 90 90% |
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This is just Wii Sports but with flowers. It's like falling asleep with a 2nd degree burn
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Paxton | 70 63% |
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My high expectations based on Hereditary coupled with some absurdly loud hype brought this down quite a bit. That's not the fault of the film though. Mostly it's your fault, but I forgive you, Swedish cult style. Is this film a testament to or an admonishment of LSD?
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Bown | 91 93% |
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This is the funniest movie of 2019 and if you disagree you’re dead to me
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Nathan S | 4 74% |
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As if the most agitating, under-your-skin episode of The Twilight Zone. It exists somewhere in the uncanny valley, where it's hard to process that these horrors are playing out as they do, and as a viewer might conceive they shouldn't: under the influence, in bare sunlight, from an aesthetic perspective which spares no sensibilities.
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jacobclark12 | 86 82% |
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Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary feels like a complete 180, but that doesn't mean it's any less effective at creating unease and dread. Midsommar occasionally struggles with pacing, but it never lets up on its aesthetic beauty, both visually and sonically. Subverting many folk horror tropes and instead becoming like a twisted, dark fairytale does the film many favors, helping it feel more fresh and original than it might seem on a first viewing.
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Ytadel | 7 83% |
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Just once there should be a movie about a seemingly creepy-ass cult where it turns out it was actually totally chill the whole time and the cult is all super benign and you were like being totally prejudgmental in thinking some creepy ass shit was gonna go down
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ADragon91 | 55 41% |
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I definitely didn't like it as much as Hereditary, but Midsommar relies on building a creepy, unsettling atmosphere with these group of people living with cultists. There's not really any scares per se and the gore/violence is sporadically placed. I liked the slow pacing, but my biggest issue is not really caring about the main characters. It was beautifully shot with artistic merit and themes, but it felt a bit aimless and meandering. The acting is solid and the music and production is great.
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Darren | 88 88% |
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When white people say they're returning to their ancestral roots: the movie.
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Mist600 | 83 59% |
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A beautiful, gentle, open-minded documentary on indigenous cultures. Check your Anglophone, Judeo-Christian privilege so you can learn & enjoy.
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Jerky | 75 93% |
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------SPOILERS------Ha ha...dumb Americans. I mean, Mamma Mia!, what part of "come with me to my country, to my family's hidden commune in the middle of the woods to celebrate the summer solstice" doesn't immediately sound like a death cult? That's gonna be a NO from me, dog! Just kidding. If a young backwoods Swedish girl wants to trim her pubes and bleed from her vagina into my cup of coffee, just to profess her love for me, who am I to say no? SKOL!! #BestSummerEver
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offlineoz | 95 96% |
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Ari Aster deserves a blank cheque for anything he wants to make after this. His latest work is a perfect combination of Kubrick and Lynch, complete with gorgeous set design and cinematography, bolstered by a gut-wrenching performance by Florence Pugh.
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JonnyHalftab | 88 80% |
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The most accurate on-screen portrayal of the vivid colors and breathing visuals of psychedelics (more acid than shrooms but still). The Wicker Man just edges this out for the superior ending, but everything prior is much better
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manwhonose | 80 10% |
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The reviews I saw for this film looked pretty good and, as a rule, I like folk horror, so I gave it a watch. I've decided what I think, after ruminating on it for a bit, and what I think is that it's a film that shows early promise, but quickly shows itself to be a bit of a pretentious, illogical and contrived yawnfest with a gaggle of vapid, vacuous, underdeveloped, two-dimensional characters who engender less and less sympathy and empathy as the thing plods toward its all-too-predictable end.
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Moribunny | 63 60% |
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Midsommar is a formidably produced, directed and shot pagan horror borrowing heavily from "The Wicker Man" and mired in some of the hyperbole that bogged "Hereditary" down. The script is better than average for the genre but still very clunky, and the scares are hit-and-miss. I feel like I shouldn't complain but I honestly wanted more from this one.
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AFlickering | 3 39% |
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if our kaleidoscope of mental illnesses is rooted in this detachment from and dominion over nature, a perspective on sex and death that manifests in our technologies and fashions, our social structures and our academia, then maybe horror can exorcise them with its return to the primal. alas aster's more christian than dani and embodies many of modernity's most smothering qualities, only capable of filtering such a return through his ego and his irony. best to go straight to his sources.
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overrated | 83 92% |
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I feel like there's lines to be drawn to Nicolas Cage films - notably the bear outfit from the Wicker Man remake, the shape of the church & last few shots from Mandy, Face Off of course - but it's probably just early onset schizophrenia.
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guy piranha | 70 68% |
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Or you could always try grief counseling.
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Cowman | 75 75% |
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Interesting but pacing issues and lack of character development keep it from being truly great.
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joel-w-m | 7 64% |
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It's terrifying how potent and perfect Aster's direction is, helped of course by Pugh's standout turn. The long pre-title sequence is brilliantly done and fucking unbearable, and this description applies throughout, as heartwrenching music, creative camerawork, and a beautiful aesthetic decorate the disgusting horrors, which regrettably get grossly self-indulgent in the second half as the intriguing story arcs (Dani's grief, the strained relationship, the thesis drama) fade into the background.
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| 4 | sellis | 73 43% |
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Great psychedelic visuals. I appreciate much of this in theory: deliberate pacing, the blending of real-world trauma with cult ritual horror. It delivers a hypnotic experience. However, it's a product of its genre and there's some catch-22s that affect my enjoyment. College theses, grief, or drugs justify the passivity of characters - but these feel merely featured and not examined. In Hereditary, grief leads a mother to desperation; here the protagonist follows. Exhausting and unaffecting.
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backwardsuit | 72 56% |
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I appreciate the simple straightforward character/plot development that allow the mood to take over but at this length it's still slightly uneconomical storytelling. Relies too much on ambiguous exoticism & horror cliches to make the drama shine beyond some abstract level. Perhaps works best as a weird take on the American tourist horror subgenre with a strong comic subtext (or just text for those versed in nordic). Strong design & a few brilliantly constructed scenes carry it pretty far though.
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feublo | 80 57% |
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Aster hides nothing about his fantasies with cult, religion and community. The blinding existence of faith acts as a sedative for those wandering with hardship. And this is well-thought with it's cinematic glow. Aster really complicates any genre that may be tied to Midsommar, and I value the brilliance.
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SageSledge | 70 45% |
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Ari Aster's sophomore effort has exactly enough narrative and thematic content to craft a perfect short film. The ideas he touches on, namely grief, gaslighting, and perverse catharsis, are all poignant and moving. They aren't, however, enough to sustain a film that runs as long as it does, almost 150 minutes. The production design, costuming, score, cinematography, and performances are mesmerising, but Aster's indulgent sensibilities hold Midsommar back from reaching perfection.
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DavidBlast | 75 72% |
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Brought to you by Visit Sweden.
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Dakota99 | 8 88% |
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Midsommar is certainly different. The interesting thing here is that it capitalizes on its unique synopsis. With it's great use of long takes combined with its slightly gory, but more creepy imagery, and it's themes on mental toll. It definitely stands out as something that deserves attention, even if it totally doesn't resonate with everyone. I didn't know too much Ari Aster as a director before "Hereditary" but he is quickly becoming someone I am interested in following.
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Yoshinaruto | 65 56% |
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After seeing Hereditary, I knew exactly what to expect with Midsommar. Aster knows what he’s doing, using a strangely colorful setting and building great tension, although it takes a while for that to happen. The backstory for the protagonist is actually great. Solid acting from Pugh. As with Hereditary, it’s disturbing to a fault. Very little was truly surprising, it wasn’t particularly “enjoyable”, and I don’t care to rewatch it. Overall I prefer Hereditary, but this is good.
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Obdurate | 80 66% |
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Aster is a brilliant director and the cinematography is on point. The way the flick is framed, the different and unusual camera angles, the usage of colour (and the contrast with darker material)
it's all fantastic. This isn't as good as Hereditary though because it doesn't have the same level of lead performances, and it doesn't build the drama as effectively. I bought into Hereditary more before shit hit the fan than I did this. Lots of memorable and inspired imagery here.
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Rexlito | 76 12% |
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"Dollar store Lars von Trier" Its not scary or suspenseful but it is nasty. I think 20-30 minutes should have been edited out because it was a little boring and repetitive at times. There is very good camera work in this film though and decent acting.
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Trooth | 74 67% |
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This is more of a "mood" movie than a "plot" movie. It doesn't take an expert to know very quickly where the plot and all subplots are going. Americans travel to festival in obscure community of foreign country. Things get increasingly weirder. Treachery and violence happen. It didn't bring a lot of surprises to the table, but the beautiful set designs and methodical pacing make it a satisfying movie to sink into.
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amerigo | 93 98% |
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Aster somehow managed to fit a full-length film inside a remake of/homage to The Wicker Man. The cult narrative is just theatrics (which are a wonderful mix of absurdity and profundity at that!). The real drama is the very genuine failing relationship. A gorgeous feast of a movie. Tinges of Aronofsky's mother!, Jodorowsky's Fando y Lis, and so much more.
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sproost | 98 99% |
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Astonishingly imaginative visually, sonically and in it's screaming madness, but also with a keen eye for realistic social undercurrents within a group and within a relationship. It's the realism that something so excessively weird and creepy needs. Florence Pugh really hits it home in a very difficult role to play. Soundtrack is top notch.
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twincinema | 85 85% |
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A rare film where I am rubbing my hands vigorously waiting to devour all the negative reviews.
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frankswild | 90 94% |
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I had very high expectations and this movie surpassed them. It was legitimately funny in its mocking of clueless asshole Americans without sacrificing any of the ambiguously mystical occult atmosphere.
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terrymac | 76 75% |
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Very capably made and visually arresting, I liked this in the same way I liked bits of Hostel and really liked all of The Wicker Man, the two films I felt this had most in common with. An odd, occasionally hallucinatory mix of drama, horror, comedy and general oddness. It doesn't move quickly, or satisfactorily deal with all of its threads, but I really enjoyed the sense of dread and unease that developed. And Pugh was great. Looking forward to seeing what Aster does next.
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mattorama12 | 76 80% |
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The photography was so stunning that it almost became ostentatious? But man, the atmosphere of this whole thing is just great. Aster uses every tool at his disposal to craft a perfectly unsettling and bizarre world, and in ways that I've never seen before. The ending felt a little bit deflating, but I'm sure part of that feeling is because I'm missing some things.
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stuie299 | 65 22% |
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One of the most beautifully shot movies of the year. Actually if everything wasn't so artfully done I would have never made it through the movie. The story is incredibly weak. Nothing is really ever fully explained and on top of that it moves at a snails pace. The whole thing just feels self indulgent and gratuitously over the top (again with very little explanation). Though despite everything, Pugh manages to be really good in this.
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| 3 | Pickle_Man | 65 27% |
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American tourists lmao. There was a trend in horror beginning somewhere in the 90s lasting through the 2000s where smallish ensemble casts of 4 to 6 absolutely contemptible moronic assholes would blunder their way to their own deaths in some remote location or another. Think of the kinds of movies Cabin in the Woods parodies. This is the A24 version of this trend. In this way it's much more a sibling of 'Cabin Fever' than 'The Wicker Man'. Also it's Charlie and the Swedish Murder Cult.
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Neonman | 71 41% |
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Just like with Us, the sophomore film of Aster's contemporary and possible frenemy Jordan Peele, I'm struggling with the greater picture, but I'm nonetheless enamored with just about all the incremental moments, ideas, and atmospheric directing. Neither horror film is actually scary, but they certainly offer up horrific musings on society and the individual.
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pyrosexual | 80 66% |
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This is maybe a spoiler, but I think she was possibly overreacting at the end just a bit. Still, I'll have what they're having.
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JSchlansky | 79 74% |
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A Scandinavian fright in the broad daylight
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philamental | 61 39% |
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Some excellent mini reviews already on here that all I can do is repeat some of the points already made. Such a beautiful movie, Pugh is excellent but most of the characters are unlikeable so caring about what happens to them when everything is fairly predictable and slow moving isn't possible. Also difficult to be too affected by the ending when another movie did it far far better. You know the one, but I'm not gonna say it. From a personal perspective Hereditary was a much better Horror film
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Iamdwg (Interpreting the Stars) | 78 58% |
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I think people over-exaggerated the level of insanity this movie brings. It's more than Hereditary, sure, but it's not full-fledged insanity, as many critics would lead you to believe. That being said, it is immaculate and well-made as a whole. Nothing I care to see again, though.
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glumpy_99 | 99 97% |
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von Trier to Aster: "Lighten up, dude!" Viscerally terrifying and unsettling horror film has a gut-punch of a pre-credit sequence and never lets up. Some kind of a staggering, balls-to-the-wall achievement, with Pugh's superb lead dominating all around her, though Reynor and Poulter play their thoughtless "dude-bros" to perfection. That it all plays out against stunning, sun dappled scenery makes it all the more horrifying; even elicits some nervous giggles during some intense moments!
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RuruSmasher | 95 90% |
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I would follow Aster to the edge of the world. He had me emotionally at the 12-min mark (they hadn't even gotten to Sweden yet!) and it just gets better, creepier, more gut-wrenching, from there. I swear that the echoing/screaming scene changed me. With this kind of film, I don't even care about the flaws. It's grotesque and beautiful at the same time and I love how he builds lore.
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fenixdown | 78 66% |
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Pretty wild!
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WWallce4prez | 83 82% |
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Wildly inventive, Aster's follow up to Hereditary will surely disappoint many. Instead of the insanely effective horror of his debut, Midsommar is dread on dread with quite a bit of humor. The glorious colors are undercut by brief horrific violence, yet almost none of the acts feel totally unwarranted or evil. The shining gem of the film is Florence Pugh, who is absolutely wonderful in a portal of a deeply layered character.
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djross | 55 52% |
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Don't read this if you don't want to know what happens. It looks very nice and is quite effectively tense and atmospheric for quite a while, but in the end it becomes too silly, and, more to the point, the moral of the story, about bad boyfriends being punished and girls learning that they don't need them, is really already stale and generic, and leaves a rather ho-hum feeling. Watched the 170-minute version.
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Luna6ix | 61 17% |
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Slow buildup, unlikable characters, sparing kills, and just a scant few gory kills too muted by the less is more mentality of pre-code era horror, too afraid of being disturbing to give the audience what it wants. Aster was killing it with "Hereditary", but "Midsommar" is something of a sophomore slump that sees him too caught up in aesthetics and depicting paganism as psychotic barbarism to hit his second home run in a row.
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letskillrobots | 32 94% |
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I made the entire theater laugh when i said "yeah i don't like that". *making memories* : )
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psim | 83 86% |
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Proof that you don't need darkness or jumpscares to make an effective horror movie if you know what you're doing. Midsommar metaphorically portrays the gruesome and draining process of ending a toxic relationship, but manages to feel almost exhilarating at times.
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buddhalou | 80 76% |
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Ari Aster delivers with his followup to Hereditary. @Leonardis, @jacobclark12, and others pretty much nailed my pre and post feelings about this flick - don't have much to add save for an enthusiastic WTF...
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| 3 | jentze | 65 23% |
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Strictly speaking not a horror film since it is not - nor does it try to be - scary. It is a break up film. What happens in the strange Swedish pagan village of Hårga mirrors what the traumatized heroine is going through mentally. Unfortenately the psychological aspect is left underdeveloped (even forgotten often times) and at the same time the pagan community at no point feels real and alive - their life consists merely of trickery aimed at the viewer. Not a bad film, but still disappointing.
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hellboy76 | 70 79% |
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A24 might as well patent anxiety-driven creepy movies at this point. They have perfected the feel across films and directors and genres. Maybe it is some secret subliminal soundtrack presence or a sequence of flashing lights. I dunno, but it works on me every time.
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moraesfelipe | 40 14% |
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Hostel remade as an art film? With intelectual crap -- these are not ugly Americans, but scholars who travel to live things and write thesis. That said, I find most of it striking, specially when Pugh is on screen, and I like its from-ritual-to-ritual structure, although I'm not quite sure it fits such a long duration. On the other way, most of its restrained tension leads to nowhere, just lots of beautiful shots. Every dude who treats girls like shit should really burn inside a bear's corpse.
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Armilio | 70 63% |
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An old style horror, that tries to unsettle you, fascinating and disturbing at the same time, kinda like Rosemary's Baby, but placed in a stranger pagan world. Don't look for jump-scare here. It's plot driven by the psycological come-to-sense of the main character, Dani, while we discover with her this beautiful and alien community, the set of the drama. The society and Dani are the only two characters of the film, the americans are just audience, like us.
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Glenn Nygard | 25 16% |
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Technically, it's a marvel. It's beautifully shot, with a masterful sense of unease woven into every second of runtime. Narratively, it's a mess. So much time is spent making us understand characters that are fundamentally unlikable and incomprehensible; where actions only pretend to follow motivations. Tropes are painstakingly removed in favour of new tropes, and it all devolves into a captivating but outlandish study in how trauma and ignorance shape us.
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| 2 | greghend | 80 66% |
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A powerful and visceral take on relationship trauma in what is essentially a breakup movie. Even though all the signs are telling our characters to leave when it is within their power to do so, they seem to inexplicably ignore them. Sound familiar?
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magdabag | 89 75% |
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This movie is a slow-burning mind-fuck, and I loved it.
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aross | 70 71% |
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Doesn't quite give the same sense of constant dread that Hereditary leaves you with throughout the film. But it is plenty twisted and pretty disturbing. Some of the last 20 minutes or so didn't quite work for me, but worth the watch if you enjoy feeling uncomfortable.
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KenMeisters | 83 90% |
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Bright lights and lush colors can still create a pretty creepy atmosphere, which is exactly was Ari Aster manges to do. His follow-up to Hereditary is less scary and more psychologically draining but still captures violent insanity and the feelings of loss in his signature disturbing style.
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timmo | 95 88% |
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I'll never forget some of the imagery in this movie. Going in blind was a great decision. It's tough to say more than that, as much as I want to. If you see it on a big screen, prepare yourself for...well, I don't know what to say without giving it away. If you think you need to look away at any point, you should definitely look away.
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Mirelurk | 85 90% |
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Ari Master at it again. This dude bubbles dread like he's blowing in a straw in a milkshake.
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Mr.Olivier | 90 92% |
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This didn't deliver a gut-punch or disturb me the way Hereditary did, but overall was more satisfying. SO fucking glad I got to see it in the theater, definitely worth it. So visually beautiful & a pretty decent portrayal of what tripping on shrooms is like, better than most films manage.
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Metropolitan | 55 6% |
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A bit too much influenced by the superior Wicker Man , while having some apparent storytelling flaws.
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Kortee | 70 66% |
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Ari Aster is a psychopath. 5 stars
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| 2 | jerrybeck | 58 64% |
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Lots of hype but not much delivered beside the look on the dwelling relationship. There is tension here and there but its much too long and reveal is obvious if you know Wicker Man. One likeable character with decent IQ [i mean how can you didnt see that something is wrong] and it could be much better. Dissapointing.
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| 2 | estragon | 70 65% |
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Setting aside the creepy customs and psychedelic dread, this is a groggy, inventive trial whose focus on getting right the modern/ancient tone costs it its characters. Where Hereditary was textured and suspenseful, Midsommar employs so much dramatic irony it takes a folkloric shape; we know what's going to happen but we will not look away. We paid the ticket price. It's a queasy experience. More like Come and See (1985) or The Green Inferno (2013) than The Wicker Man (1973).
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amazedemon | 65 61% |
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Midsommar is well-shot horror film that succeeds in becoming more unsettling as it progresses rather than relying on jump scares in the dark. In fact most of the film is shot in the light, which not only makes the film easier to follow but adds to the creepiness of the occult that is out in the open with the audience proxy being the foreigners. There are parallels to the grieving of a break-up as well, but I honestly never cared for any of the characters so that fell a little flat. Slow though.
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Amorfus | 90 63% |
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It's very weird, which is to be expected. While the characters are interesting I didn't really care about any of them. I felt empathy for Pugh's leading lady, but as the film plays out that empathy fades. The visuals are beautiful and perform their role very well. I do believe they could edit about 30 minutes off the final cut. All told this is another great entry in the slow burn horror arena.
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antidood1 | 85 93% |
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Midsommar is, in a way, a typical escalation horror movie. But it's special in that it never quite loses its ground; even the most bizarre events feel logical in the world that this movie creates. What helps in giving this world its character are the incredible colors, the immersive camerawork and the unsettling score. The first scene acts as a thematic frame, and although these dark events are barely mentioned again, they continue to ring through in the following two hours of broad daylight.
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| 2 | bigphilmd | 70 47% |
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I really liked the aesthetics of this movie, but I just don't like realistic gore. It's disturbing.
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Dalboz | 85 85% |
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Much like life and sex, it's about the journey, not the destination. We know where we're going, but the fun is in seeing how we get there. And it's a fun and colorful journey. This is bright daytime horror, taking place in Sweden at Midsommar when there is very little darkness at night, which itself could be a metaphor in that we can see the end and know where we're going. It has its flaws, but it's still a fun film.
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nilkynarfy | 55 40% |
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Maybe I just hate the aesthetic (warmth...who needs it?), but this one did not grab me.
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Ametrine | 8 64% |
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Ari Aster learned from the mistakes of Hereditary and delivered an even more indelible, grotesque emotional journey in his sophomore effort. The story and imagery are brutal and horrific, yet they're presented in such a calming, inviting way that it's almost oddly pleasant, which just makes it all the more unsettling. One of the best horror films I've seen in a long time. It left me speechless, with a knowing sense that it will be haunting me for some time to come.
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MontyCircus | 60 68% |
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I liked it better than "Hereditary", as this was more original. The lead actress was very effective, especially during the beginning of the film. I'm glad I saw it and I'd see it again.
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ciyakedi | 75 63% |
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two things don't have limits: the universe and human stupidity.
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natebarrios | 75 74% |
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Ari Aster turns the ISO settings on the camera all the way up and it's beautiful and unsettling and probably not gonna get me to go to Sweden
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Kingjohnbbq | 85 49% |
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the bright lsd laden imagery of this movie contrasted by the extreme visuals really makes this movie pop out at you. its creepiness is only exacerbated by how nice and quaint everyone is. the idea that the movies concept revolves around the end of an unhealthy relationship to cultivate a brighter future for the main character is pretty cool and when you watch the movie from that lense, I feel it helps you to understand it alot more.
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karlson | 70 45% |
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I don´t see a story anywhere. convincingly made but it couldn´t hold my attention.
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ienjoycinema | 80 70% |
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Aster's take on the "Get Out" theme. Imo he is such a divisive director that you either are along for his slow burn of a ride of creepy eccentrics, or you're bored by them. It really is a gorgeous film, and subverts all horror tropes with how bright and colofrul everything is. The pace is almost sleep inducingly slow, but I feel it works because you're kept in suspense constantly questioning everything that is presented to you. If you enjoyed his previous films, this one will be no exception.
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Vandelay1 | 70 75% |
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good movie
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ribcage | 63 43% |
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Indulgent.
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| 2 | nuotio | 70 90% |
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The 140min duration gave me some concern, and while they could have trimmed bits here and there, I have to say it was well spent. They did an excellent job building suspense and an eerie atmosphere. In a good way, the film could have been made in the 70's and while I anticipated a "Wicker Man" homage, the film stands on it's own. It's an experience, sometimes an unpleasant one, and should definitely be seen on a big screen.
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| 2 | DavidJill | 60 39% |
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Echoes of Wickerman. In some ways better, in some ways worse. I would have preferred to come away with a clearer picture of the communities world view, and of how this extreme vision of community contrasts with the selfish individualism of the outsiders.
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loc42 | 40 19% |
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This one felt too sloppy after Hereditary's brilliant art direction and production design, which were full of attention to details. This one is too proud of the "freak show" it offers, and doesn't convince us of the motivations of the characters to stay and kill/die. Nor does it build up the atmosphere, as it relies only on various ceremonies of the "freaks". I didn't like this "orientalizing" attitude towards the locals. Plus, the ones who know "The Wicker Man" will easily get bored.
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| 2 | mkellins | 60 54% |
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It's an ambitious Wicker Man-wannabe, with mostly decent acting, nice camera-work, special effects and music. The drama involving Dani's family and the strained relationship was sadly forgotten in the end. I guess you just have to watch some people get sacrificed, in order to get over a tragedy??
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eCitizen | 60 59% |
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A deeply flawed movie about a totally whacked-out cult. It has long stretches of sedate dullness punctuated by the occasional bat-shit crazy religious practice. The plot seems to be the product of someone's nightmares. A horrific murderous cult dressed up like a peaceful and serene commune. Their logic is impossible to follow, but it sets a new bar for the bizarre.
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| 2 | whatisitisee | 80 80% |
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holy fuck
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| 1 | gatoquente | 90 40% |
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Chilling and disgusting, the slow unfolding of cold-blooded terror can make you puke. But the entire plot held itself till the end in an artistic way that one wonders if the cult and its rites were indeed historical. I admire Sweden for not raising a howl that it was portrayed in a gruesome way in this movie. MY SCORING: 99-96=Great; 95-90=Very good; 89-85=Good; 84-80=So-so; 79-70=Boring; Below 70=Forget it
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Adds | 65 51% |
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Extremely predictable. I'm tired of seeing community living depicted as some horrific human sacrificing nightmare. Stop beating this dead horse cliche already.
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emptythought | 55 37% |
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this almost works as a meta-commentary of american whiteness, but falls flat by never taking it all the way
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umutheatre | 55 12% |
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Midsommar aydınlıkta geçen bir kabus gibi. Devasa prodüksiyona sahip bir cehennem senaryosu adeta.. Neyse, neyse en baştan dağıtalım kartları. Ari Aster, Hereditary'den aldığı yorumlar ve şevk ile bir şımarmış ne yapsam bunlar her türlü över diyip Midsommar'ı çekmiş resmen.
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cagedwisdom | 100 90% |
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Film of the year so far for me. Beautiful and not even a little bit too long at 2.5 hours.
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Barnowl | 93 65% |
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We're about to perform a centuries-old rite that is very important to us and very beautiful, but also very far from anything you have in America.
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| 1 | Hendrika | 25 20% |
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It is a foreign type film that might scare children but has no meaning to current everyday life.
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| 1 | Peaches12345 | 85 85% |
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I loved this film. There aren't many psychological horrors that I enjoy, or even remotely scare me. The archetype of the film drives at principle issues in our family/friendships, the idea of betrayal and a longing for true companionship. The gore in the film shocked me, which never happens. The first time I viewed this, I actually felt sick, and the soundtrack helped build this, as well as the camera shots.
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lofisofi | 63 65% |
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works better as a comedy about americans than as a horror. leaves me feeling cold and as if no one, not even the main characters, are genuinely terrified by the things they encounter.
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vainglorious | 98 95% |
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ITS A BEAR ITS A BEAR ITS A BEAR IN A CAGE.
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| 1 | semioticus | 92 94% |
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Amazing, amazing movie. It's visually stunning. Pugh is undoubtedly the star of this movie, but even the supporting cast is awesome. I was expecting more of a "horror" movie, but I'm definitely happy with what I got.
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TheDiceman | 70 82% |
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Disturbing.
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| 1 | Zangin | 83 91% |
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I loved Aster's Hereditary but it struggled with merging its horror elements with the family drama that it presented (imo). In contrast, Midsommar is an excellent maturation of Aster's style that perfectly marries the story of a failing romantic relationship and a chilling folk horror. It's creepy, heart-wrenching, stunningly beautiful, and completely engaging.
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| 1 | Pratchett3 | 10 96% |
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had its flaws but when it hit hard it hit hard
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| 1 | jamieburton | 95 92% |
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The craziest film I have seen in a cinema. A profound piece that simultaneously manages to create the most surreal and horrific, yet beautiful scenes. Visually stunning throughout and some of the opening scenes feel disturbingly real and thus drag you in from the off. Highly recommend.
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IsaacM | 95 93% |
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General audiences will loathe this, despite calling for creativity and uniqueness in Hollywood. Midsommar is a genius of the horror genre rich with foreshadowing, symbolism, and is incredibly innovative. Disturbing in the extreme and frightening.
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| 1 | vgnpwrz | 75 83% |
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The opening and closing are so wildly different that it shows us how far we have been taken out into a faraway strange land by this film. You know its going to go badly from very early on. But my mind didn't want to believe the film was going to be as obvious as it was. It was well-done and tightly put together but I somehow always wanted more from it. It was still a great ride but maybe my high expectations got the best of me.
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luord | 86 94% |
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Aster conjures an atmosphere of dread and unease with as much skill as he did in "Hereditary", but with around ninety percent less unintentional comedy. The movie is a masterful exercise of worming inside the audience's mind, and that it refuses to make a serious judgment on its horrific ending makes it all the more uncomfortable.
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hisblob | 50 30% |
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DNF for boring me and having bad acting
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SuperSui | 88 94% |
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Here I found myself sitting betweeen being genuinely terrified and all the fond memories of tripping at an outdoor festival.
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| 1 | CarsonWid | 75 74% |
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Some great sequences, but could've been trimmed down a bit.
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AAAutin | 89 95% |
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Still seems like a better time than Fyre Festival...
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lucas M. | 95 82% |
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Oh God, please don't make this be forgotten by time and may it be recognized as the modern classic it is. Ari Aster is the only director alive in the (terribly named) post-horror scene with such a strong grasp of cinematic language, symbols and genuine care for its main themes.
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redacted | 83 79% |
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Uncomfortable viewing, oscillating between throbbing hallucinations & a seemingly perennially sunlit Summer setting with a swirling chorus overlaying the imagery. The camera work is equally fluid, spiralling between points of focus before prying overly-personally into its subject. This is met by foley layered over silence which emphasises the invasiveness of the shot, creating a disconcertingly personal feeling & urge to detach as a viewer, cleverly mimicking the tourists experience on-screen
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mindvr | 60 48% |
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Predictable, painfully long eurotrip remake. Interesting stylistic choices though.
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roonay3k | 90 98% |
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Let me just tell you that I found my new favorite Horror director/writer. After watching Hereditary and watching the trailer I had very high expectations, and luckily I was not let down. This is a slow-burn, dark horror masterpiece with a lot of humor and shocking scenes. The fact that it lasted 2h 30 min was a good thing. More original than his last film and I can't wait for Ari Aster's next movies. This is a movie that will stick with you for a long time qand that's what i want from a movie
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| 1 | trysil | 83 66% |
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Interesting theme based on Swedish cult "activities". Although last 30 minutes (or so) are just... hilarious. People were laughing in the cinema, not sure if that was intended by the director. Indeed some situations, that main characters were faced, are shown in quite funny way.
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wetwillies | 50 4% |
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Pretty sure this is the longest movie I've ever seen.
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Vassago | 84 89% |
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Simply great.
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Kebapche | 75 49% |
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This weird thing was done because the director had a difficult breakup with his girl. Let that sink in ladies and gentlemen.
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| 1 | apm2091 | 78 72% |
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Atmospheric all the way. Slow build, and looks really pretty the whole time. Feels like a tonal continuation/companion piece to Hereditary
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 94 94% |
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DC Review: Fantastic followup to Hereditary. Another showcase of Aster building up a rich world of lore and revealing a piece at a time.
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Hadleyreis | 86 88% |
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I watched this midhöst
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HyphenateMe | 85 94% |
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I'm not sure if I've ever been this unsettled in broad daylight before. This movie was unnerving. The use of the almost deafening soundtrack was unnerving. The way the shots kept isolating characters from each other was unnerving. That stupid piss-kid's eyebrows? Unnerving.
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elmakebabi | 50 21% |
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The characters don't feel, afraid, trapped or confused so it's pretty hard to describe this one a mystery or horror or suspense or thriller movie. No one struggles and how are we supposed to feel? I felt basically nothing.
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muutanet | 81 85% |
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Solid and logical story, well shoot and interestingly other worldly set up. I am not familiar with Swedish midsummer festival traditions to compare with. The wooden constructions were impressive and I actually liked how camera spend time on Florence Pugh's facial impressions.
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gorguts | 55 40% |
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Shockingly accurate depiction of taking a woman on vacation.
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edmedrah | 50 2% |
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This movie doesn't know what it wants to be is it horror? gore? drama ? suspense? student's project?... Wicker man would have liked this amount of production and money; still really boring, the prologue it's unnecessary the main male character it's a joke, non-relatable and untalented. I hate this sweden folk aesthetic makes it feel like a grandma's movie, worst 2 hours wasted in a movie theater. I give this a 5 because I laughed so much at the pretentious stupid moments.
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| 1 | jnydam | 80 83% |
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It did not quite hook me like Hereditary, but a great film nonetheless. It really spurred conversation among friends about some open ended and eerie plot details that really let the mind wander and spark curiosity. Reminded me of Wicker Man but I think I liked it more.
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EvilMangoes | 96 90% |
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A
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rebeccalex | 65 22% |
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Outstanding visuals- just not my kinda film
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| 1 | 5Z5qjRCfM2 | 20 12% |
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It's a genuine shame so many compelling images were wasted on such a garbage story. Pugh's acting is, as always, top notch.
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driscarpin | 93 92% |
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Meu interesse por esse filme foi ter lio um artigo em que o diretor afirmava que Black Narcissus tinha sido uma influência fundamental para esse filme e pude ver sobre o que ele estava falando, mas só tenho uma afirmação a ser feita sobre o filme em si: não é propriamente um filme de horror e sim um filme de vingança contra o patriarcado e eu me senti especialmente vingada aqui, duvido você ser mulher e não sair com um sorrisão no rosto com a cena final. Versão de 147 minutos. WEBrip
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hte624 | 40 18% |
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What dreck.
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Groovy_Souls | 80 73% |
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Midsommar is a great film, no doubt, but coming so hot off the heels of the masterpiece that is Hereditary, I think it was going to have a little more trouble than the average movie standing on its own. This isn't to say it's bad; in fact, I think this film is truly great, but I feel bad that I'll always compare it to Hereditary and that it will probably be more of a footnote in Aster's hopefully long career than anything else.
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ellie k | 70 17% |
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Weird
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| 1 | braddad68 | 92 65% |
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Though this is well made, it is one of the most disturbing horror films I've ever seen. There are scenes so graphic, it will be hard to forget them. Be warned if this is not for you.
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christof | 90 94% |
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Totally lives up to the hype. For me, the best translation of the psychedelic experience on film.
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thuckabe | 88 71% |
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Overly stretched, at times. Those final five minutes are very fine work.
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FoxyRussian | 91 79% |
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Ari Aster's sophomore follow up is similar to another horror sophomore follow up that released this year, Jordan Peele's "Us". Midsommar, just like Us, is great, with an increase in scope and visuals and equally amazing performances. But sadly the directors are unable to do what made their freshmen films so special. For Us, it was heavy handed symbolism, for Midsommar every line of dialog being important made the whole movie way to predictable. Overall not the worst negative in the horror genre
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fra paolo | 54 59% |
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Henry James' Americans-in-Europe meets a WICKER MAN for the 21st century.
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comepelicula | 50 37% |
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The story has an interesting premise, very appealing aesthetics and a nice mystic feeling, but when you get into the middle and last part of the movies the characters lay flat and you miss some interesting personalities and interactions between the characters.
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SpikyCactus | 80 78% |
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Top badass moment? Seeing how Swedes deal with the burden of social care. No lentils, vegans or acoustic guitars; that would’ve warned most people this wasn’t a field of harmless, flower-power hippies advertising Persil. And it’s meant to be Sweden, so where were the Volvos, Ikea stores and Abba music? And some people weren’t even blonde! At least it had some weird porn at the end. Even worse, the mosh pit was, quite frankly, embarrassing. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
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Seethruskin | 5 80% |
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So they're really going to put Will Poulter in a movie and not let us see him get murdered?
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DarkNights | 89 96% |
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Un spectacle où des personnages, notamment celui de Florence Pugh (extraordinaire), se retrouve enchaîné à ses pires cauchemars. C'es brillamment réalisé, mis en scène et joué. Avec son deuxième film, Ari Aster confirme qu'il est le digne successeur de Stanley Kubrick, il compose ses plans, révolutionne un genre pour en créer un plus fort, plus cinglé, plus fascinant, tout en étant parfaitement raccroché à son époque, du grand art et sans aucun excès.
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| Average Percentile 59.37% from 2802 Ratings |  |