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.
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Ari Aster
Written By: Ari Aster
Starring: Will Poulter, Liv Mjönes, Anna Åström, William Jackson Harper, Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Isabelle Grill, Hampus Hallberg, Rebecka Johnston
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Midsommar belongs to 12 collections
1. boobs (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 43 stars)
2. Full Female Frontal Nudity (Yes, Bush!) (public: moderated by iceblox - 18 stars)
3. List: Empire's five star movies (public: moderated by KasperL - 17 stars)
4. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 12 stars)
5. Best of criticker: Suspense / Thriller (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)
6. Best of criticker: Mystery (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 7 stars)
7. Best of criticker: Horror (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
8. -On My Radar (public: moderated by KasperL - 1 star)
9. Folk Horror (public: moderated by BeeDub - 1 star)
10. edkrak films to see (private: edkrak - 2 stars)
11. jeff_h's films to remember (private: jeff_h)
12. 2017- (private: rnest)
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| Jul 18 |  |
okayfrog | 60 39% |
| Jul 18 | filmcave | 76 61% |
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momothepeach | 6 59% |
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orcunselvi | 58 43% |
| Jul 17 | JojoDandy | 9 89% |
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| Jul 17 | SamLoveitt | 70 25% |
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Seethruskin | 6 94% |
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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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| Jul 17 | TheRojBlake | 90 71% |
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| Jul 17 | mattnawrocki | 80 71% |
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| Jul 17 | craziballr | 71 60% |
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EmuLegs | 6 85% |
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MadMan | 96 89% |
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kevinjoseph | 73 82% |
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mikelykzit | 10 0% |
| Jul 15 | BasedOne | 6 24% |
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| Jul 15 |  |
Corbad | 70 51% |
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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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ajmurad | 80 77% |
| Jul 15 | debaser1985 | 72 69% |
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Orfonso | 78 69% |
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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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alexandrsaar | 69 22% |
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holy fuck
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| Jul 14 |  |
Rexlito | 73 4% |
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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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| Jul 14 | rasheed | 90 79% |
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jbissell | 60 18% |
| Jul 14 | StaticSnow | 80 57% |
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| Jul 14 | ArkadyFalls | 75 84% |
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Bunken | 80 88% |
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Some great sequences, but could've been trimmed down a bit.
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| Jul 14 | toro913 | 66 68% |
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SickForay | 75 66% |
| Jul 14 | hotdogdragon | 90 81% |
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emtilt | 79 80% |
| Jul 13 |  |
moss piglet | 6 66% |
| Jul 13 | 6cdBKJ | 84 % |
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| Jul 13 |  |
bof | 78 76% |
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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 wasnt 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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| Jul 13 |  |
suurjuust | 68 87% |
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ammutseba | 20 4% |
| Jul 13 | JJJensen | 79 40% |
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guvolefou | 70 39% |
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amerigo | 95 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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| Jul 12 | LawDon33 | 10 % |
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Hofschneider | 88 89% |
| Jul 11 | lang95 | 49 21% |
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avgcrtckr | 71 90% |
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Bown | 91 92% |
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This is the funniest movie of 2019 and if you disagree you’re dead to me
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filmaffinity | 71 83% |
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LB94 | 89 96% |
| Jul 11 | mixonmyt | 90 88% |
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pink_faggot | 9 87% |
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MontyCircus | 60 67% |
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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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| Jul 11 | Siegel Hans | 80 82% |
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fruggman | 84 80% |
| Jul 10 |  |
rosenritter | 6 52% |
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rebeccalex | 65 24% |
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Outstanding visuals- just not my kinda film
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| Jul 10 |  |
jacobclark12 | 86 80% |
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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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| Jul 10 | jcallicutt4 | 70 25% |
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| Jul 10 | Disastermind | 90 91% |
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Leonardis | 90 69% |
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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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| Jul 10 | Averman004 | 65 32% |
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deaddilly | 70 57% |
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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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| Jul 10 |  |
Pugs4Less | 64 10% |
| Jul 10 | katemossfan4 | 8 2% |
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xinet | 55 43% |
| Jul 10 | 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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| Jul 10 |  |
Warren | 85 78% |
| Jul 09 | CrazyJim9380 | 85 86% |
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FreddieQuell | 98 98% |
| Jul 09 | Maxwellj169 | 30 40% |
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| Jul 09 | Tarnop | 90 90% |
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| Jul 09 | elhenzo | 97 64% |
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Beccaa2406 | 80 86% |
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CPosnanski | 8 82% |
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pustota | 75 76% |
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PDM.82 | 74 51% |
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Ari Aster's folk horror film "Midsommar" is a terrifying experience. Aster's sophomore effort after "Hereditary"(2018) is graphic and unforgettable with images that will stick in your head long after the credits role. Like watching an Ingmar Bergman film on acid, "Midsommar" is a nightmare that may take a few hours to let the dread wear off. Aster is brilliant at scaring viewers in the broad day light and it's uncomfortably creepy, this film is a cult classic or at least a classic of cults.
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| Jul 09 |  |
ramynoodle | 85 92% |
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tinythedogg | 40 23% |
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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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| Jul 08 | cayh | 90 88% |
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Drevenant | 81 42% |
| Jul 08 | Ifeelfine | 86 91% |
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PerryStroika | 69 82% |
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| Jul 07 | Krafty | 95 93% |
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| Jul 07 | sellis | 70 41% |
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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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| Jul 07 | filmcricket | 80 89% |
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| Jul 07 | daystron7 | 75 86% |
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| Jul 06 | corduroyq | 65 69% |
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| Jul 06 |  |
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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| Jul 06 | qwyuHs | 50 % |
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skinnylegend | 55 38% |
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starman9339 | 87 59% |
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ptkw | 70 83% |
| Jul 06 | shanebarlow3 | 74 63% |
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ienjoycinema | 80 69% |
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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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| Jul 06 | savagebren | 80 72% |
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twincinema | 85 86% |
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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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matthewmj336 | 93 86% |
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dmccracken | 85 87% |
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VengefulKBM | 75 63% |
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Nroo | 80 78% |
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Nathan S | 4 76% |
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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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| Jul 04 | 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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| Jul 04 | TheStraub | 78 79% |
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TraverseTown | 75 76% |
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BillyShears | 95 96% |
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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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| Jul 04 | ANastase | 90 71% |
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EricDSnider2 | 85 65% |
| Jul 04 | TheMooseman | 46 88% |
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feublo | 80 65% |
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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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| Jul 04 |  |
TrixRabbi | 64 19% |
| Jul 04 | dgprim | 60 47% |
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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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| Jul 04 |  |
LadyStardust | 80 68% |
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toxicwind | 10 96% |
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p00q | 80 73% |
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clayj41 | 77 68% |
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Roz | 75 54% |
| Jul 03 | Conor_C96 | 72 39% |
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| Jul 03 |  |
ADragon91 | 60 38% |
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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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| Jul 03 | tliu9 | 88 69% |
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plynthe | 82 26% |
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natebarrios | 75 70% |
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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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| Jul 03 | 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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| Jul 02 | KingBread | 90 93% |
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CStuckmann | 82 40% |
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MetaCritic2 | 73 73% |
| Average Percentile 64.43% from 173 Ratings |  |
