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- Aster's new movie, Midsommar, doesn't pack quite as terrifying a knockout punch, but it casts its own weirdly hypnotic spell. This is a slow-burning and deeply absorbing piece of filmmaking, full of strikingly beautiful images and driven less by shocks than ideas. It's not interested in frightening you so much as seeping into your nervous system.
Jul 1, 2019 · The tangible dread in “Midsommar”—oftentimes alleviated by welcome flashes of comedy, always charged by tight choreography and Pogorzelski’s atmospheric compositions—is so recognizably out of “Hereditary” that you'll immediately distinguish the connective headspace responsible for both tales.
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Jul 3, 2019 · 83% Tomatometer 406 Reviews 63% Audience Score 5,000+ Verified Ratings A young American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly ...
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- Ari Aster
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- Florence Pugh
Jul 2, 2019 · A cautionary tale about bad relationships and worse vacations, “Midsommar” gets its creep on early. When it opens, Dani (Florence Pugh), its deeply troubled axis, is having a lousy day that ...
- Ari Aster
- Manohla Dargis
- 140 min
Jul 3, 2019 · Midsommar is in no rush to solve its many mysteries. The third act is full of surreal images of revelry and ritual sacrifice, plus a sex scene that's as hilarious as it is appalling.
Jul 4, 2019 · Midsommar is a break-up movie wrapped up in pagan horror, where a young woman (Florence Pugh) faces the brutal traditions of a Swedish cult. The film is slow, shocking, and memorable, and explores the terrors of the family unit and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
- Clarisse Loughrey
- 2 min
Whether you love it or hate it, Midsommar is memorable. Florence Pugh carries the story on her shoulders with an astonishingly compelling performance, but her supporting cast didn't do much with...
Midsommar is upsetting, grotesque, beautiful and humorous all at once. It's a great horror film and being as though it's only Aster's 2nd feature, the next step in his career is an exciting thought. 408 out of 661 found this helpful.
