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Midsommar

R

Released Aug 30, 2019

2 hr. 25 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A young American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked nightmare as the locals reveal their terrifying agenda.

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Critics Consensus

Ambitious, impressively crafted, and above all unsettling, Midsommar further proves writer-director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with.

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Christine O

This movie is brilliant. My complaint is that the theater falsely advertised a showing of the director's cut, but only showed the original.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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K Jones

I loved the original film! The director's cut included scenes that provided a little more context and foresight.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/20

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Audience Member

One of the best horror movies of the past decade... maybe ever. Ari Aster proves himself to be no one-hit wonder. A masterclass in how to make your audience really, really uncomfortable. Beautifully shot. Incredible art direction and production design. Florence Pugh delivers yet another brilliant performance in 2019 (it really is the Year of the Pugh). See this movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Beth

This movie could have been better it started out dark got sicker and ended sick. I’m not into this sort of thing though.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/19

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Peter

excelent movie, but the directors cut didn't add anything vital to the story to warrant a second viewing for ~$20 ticket.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/28/19

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Audience Member

Garbage. Pure tripe. Talk about a 100% waste of money. This was one of those "horror" movies that has a great setup, and literally no logical or movie-logic to hold it together. Don't bother. Really.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

After a while, an unproductive restlessness sets in as you wait for the characters to matter as much as the silky moves and painstaking details. Horror

Dec 18, 2019

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Lindsey Bahr

Associated Press

Midsommar is a waking nightmare and I mean that in the best possible way.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 18, 2019

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I was never, even for one second, feeling the length... I found it so unsettling and sinister. At moments it was a little uneven, but it's so watchable and gets under your skin in a really creepy way.

Oct 1, 2019

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Ryan McQuade

InSession Film

The performances from Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor are extraordinary, with both carrying two halves of Asters heart and reality.

Rated: B+

Apr 4, 2024

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Denise Pieniazek

Puesta en Escena (AR)

As in his previous film, the familiar, spiritual and ritual outside the social canons of normativity will be present, as well as the horror genre fused with drama and mystery in that peculiar poetics that seems to characterize this autor.

Rated: 10/10

Jan 27, 2024

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

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 their underdeveloped characters.

Rated: B

Jul 24, 2023

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Synopsis

A young American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked nightmare as the locals reveal their terrifying agenda.

Director: Ari Aster
Executive Producer: Fredrik Heinig, Pelle Nilsson, Ben Rimmer, Philip Westgren
Screenwriter: Ari Aster
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Square Peg
Rating: R (Drug Use|Disturbing Ritual Violence|Strong Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Grisly Images|Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.4M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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