Midsommar
In this folk-horror from the director of Hereditary, Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) plays a troubled young woman who joins her boyfriend and his friends on a trip to a pagan village in Sweden.
After a family tragedy keeps Dani (Pugh) and Christian's (Jack Reynor, Sing Street) failing relationship alive, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends at a summer festival in a remote Swedish village. But the seemingly carefree vacation takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the idyllic landscape increasingly unnerving.
- Director:
- Ari Aster ('Hereditary')
- Writer:
- Ari Aster
- Cast:
- Florence PughJack ReynorWill PoulterWilliam Jackson HarperJulia RagnarssonAnna Åström
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksEven if Aster overreaches this time round, toiling towards a cathartic exit to a disintegrating relationship that doesn’t completely land, it’s still quite the journey getting there: hilariously off-kilter, visually striking, deliriously inspired in parts, and yes, stark-raving mad.
Terror isn't always in the dark
The Geets (greats): Having been wowed by this Director's previous film I was equally impressed by his second critically-acclaimed film. This movie depicts the continually degrading status of a relationship as the woman accustoms more into a new tradition and seeks inner peace. When a movie has the ability to make you feel a certain way for prolonged...
Another dose of Ari Aster horror, with all the strange and not much interest
Right off the bat Midsommar is good, but it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. It's written and directed by Ari Aster, he did Hereditary (2018) which was fantastic. It was one of my favourites from 2018 and one of the best horror movies I've ever seen. So naturally, when I heard he was making another horror movie I was automatically keen. I didn't...
Nuts in a good way
5 reasons you should see MIDSOMMAR: 1. HEREDITARY director Ari Aster is back and even better. It's beautifully crafted, art-directed, scripted, shot, performed and directed. 2. It's creepy, visually arresting and stays with you in a way reminiscent of Nicolas Roeg's DON'T LOOK NOW (1973), Robin Hardy's THE WICKER MAN (1973) and even Ben Wheatley's...
New Zealand Herald
pressHorror films should never outstay their welcome and if I had one reservation, it would concern the film's length, which becomes one pagan ceremony too many. Yet again, Aster can't quite nail an ending down and almost overcooks what is otherwise a superbly crafted film.
Stuff
pressPerhaps only slightly let down by a certain inevitability about the character's fates (it does rather slavishly follow some genre traditions potentially as old as the Harga's), Midsommar is nonetheless proof of the emotional and visceral power of a well-made horror movie.
Empire Magazine
pressMidsommar is the horror movie to beat in 2019. Caution: contains distressing amounts of folk music.
Collider
pressMidsommar presents a ruthless take on the rituals of processing grief and letting go, excavating the caverns of broken relationships and the nauseous truths of why we stay in them.
Hollywood Reporter
pressMore unsettling than frightening, it's still a trip worth taking.
Screen Daily
pressSometimes hypnotic, sometimes overcooked, always intriguing, "Midsommar" occasionally falls flat, but Florence Pugh holds the film together - especially when its plotting stumbles or its shocks grow predictable.
Newshub
pressMidsommar will rock you back on your feet in it's opening moments and never let you get your bearings. You'll be shocked before the opening credits even roll. You'll squirm through every frame of Dani's descent into delirious nightmare.
Variety
pressOnce the real fireworks start to ignite, you realise how powerfully the film's themes resonate when they're given room to breathe. It's just a shame it takes so long to bring them into focus.
Vanity Fair
pressMidsommar is a shocking piece of filmmaking-unnervingly competent even when the film yaws into silliness, even when it risks tedium.
Time Out
pressA savage yet evolved slice of Swedish folk-horror, Ari Aster's hallucinatory follow-up to Hereditary proves him a horror director with no peer.
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksEven if Aster overreaches this time round, toiling towards a cathartic exit to a disintegrating relationship that doesn’t completely land, it’s still quite the journey getting there: hilariously off-kilter, visually striking, deliriously inspired in parts, and yes, stark-raving mad.
New Zealand Herald
pressHorror films should never outstay their welcome and if I had one reservation, it would concern the film's length, which becomes one pagan ceremony too many. Yet again, Aster can't quite nail an ending down and almost overcooks what is otherwise a superbly crafted film.
Stuff
pressPerhaps only slightly let down by a certain inevitability about the character's fates (it does rather slavishly follow some genre traditions potentially as old as the Harga's), Midsommar is nonetheless proof of the emotional and visceral power of a well-made horror movie.
Empire Magazine
pressMidsommar is the horror movie to beat in 2019. Caution: contains distressing amounts of folk music.
Collider
pressMidsommar presents a ruthless take on the rituals of processing grief and letting go, excavating the caverns of broken relationships and the nauseous truths of why we stay in them.
Hollywood Reporter
pressMore unsettling than frightening, it's still a trip worth taking.
Screen Daily
pressSometimes hypnotic, sometimes overcooked, always intriguing, "Midsommar" occasionally falls flat, but Florence Pugh holds the film together - especially when its plotting stumbles or its shocks grow predictable.
Newshub
pressMidsommar will rock you back on your feet in it's opening moments and never let you get your bearings. You'll be shocked before the opening credits even roll. You'll squirm through every frame of Dani's descent into delirious nightmare.
Variety
pressOnce the real fireworks start to ignite, you realise how powerfully the film's themes resonate when they're given room to breathe. It's just a shame it takes so long to bring them into focus.
Vanity Fair
pressMidsommar is a shocking piece of filmmaking-unnervingly competent even when the film yaws into silliness, even when it risks tedium.
Time Out
pressA savage yet evolved slice of Swedish folk-horror, Ari Aster's hallucinatory follow-up to Hereditary proves him a horror director with no peer.
Terror isn't always in the dark
The Geets (greats): Having been wowed by this Director's previous film I was equally impressed by his second critically-acclaimed film. This movie depicts the continually degrading status of a relationship as the woman accustoms more into a new tradition and seeks inner peace. When a movie has the ability to make you feel a certain way for prolonged...
Another dose of Ari Aster horror, with all the strange and not much interest
Right off the bat Midsommar is good, but it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. It's written and directed by Ari Aster, he did Hereditary (2018) which was fantastic. It was one of my favourites from 2018 and one of the best horror movies I've ever seen. So naturally, when I heard he was making another horror movie I was automatically keen. I didn't...
Nuts in a good way
5 reasons you should see MIDSOMMAR: 1. HEREDITARY director Ari Aster is back and even better. It's beautifully crafted, art-directed, scripted, shot, performed and directed. 2. It's creepy, visually arresting and stays with you in a way reminiscent of Nicolas Roeg's DON'T LOOK NOW (1973), Robin Hardy's THE WICKER MAN (1973) and even Ben Wheatley's...
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