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Midsommar
Midsommar

7.2

Midsommar

R·2019·147m

Summary

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

Crew

Director, Writer

Ari Aster

Reviews

bramblebark

bramblebark

July 16, 2019

7

Although it has an elegant way of building suspense and one absolutely stunning opening scene, I think Midsommar fails for me in the execution of its sequences. The whole movie is slowly building up the dread of the pagan cult, but fails to deliver when it comes to showcasing the brutality toward the end, and after two hours of build up it's baffling how minute the payoff is. The performances are fantastic, though! And I love watching Swedish people scream.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$9,000,000.00

Revenue:

$48,015,416.00

Keywords

ritual
paranoia
sweden
melancholy
cult
hallucinogenic drug
magic mushroom
anthropology
human sacrifice
paganism
death of family
macabre
boyfriend girlfriend relationship
midsummer
cultural conflict
mysterious
shocking
bad trip
folk horror
toxic relationship
midnight sun
isolated community
summer festival
traumatized woman
cautionary
introspective
violence
suspenseful
ambiguous
foreboding
frightened
horrified
tragic