Midsommar (2019).
Director: Ari Aster. (15)
Horror
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis
Dani (Florence Pugh) doubts that her boyfriend of nearly four years Christian (Jack Reynor) loves her, but she struggles to confront him and deal with this. Likewise, Christian is unable to break things off with Dani. After the death of her entire family at the hands of her unbalanced sister who commits suicide, Dani is left distraught. Christian invites her to holiday with him and his friends in Sweden, where they will join a rarely held, fabled festival at the isolated commune home of Pelle (Vilhelm Blomgren).
Held over nine days, the trip gets off to a heady start with copious amounts of alcohol and psychedelic drugs, but soon descends into an increasingly bizarre, shocking and violent competition as the festival reaches its end.
Review by Jason Day
I've watched and reviewed quite a few films in my time and have seen many sorts of weird things...but Midsommar definitely tops the list of messed up movies.
From splattered bodies at the foot of a cliff, a man sown up in the body of a bear and a bonkers, 'hands-on' sex scene that surpasses anything in The Handmaid's Tale, prepare to see some stranger things.
Pagan religions have never had a good rep in the movies, which usually focus on the more prurient and salacious elements, but this Wicker Man meets The Silence of the Lambs horror achieves success because it works by stealth eschewing Hollywood shock tactics, writer-director Aster's ladling on of odd-bod moments and particularly Florence Pugh in the lead role.
The creepy score adds to this smorgasbord of strange.
For more, read the full review: bit.ly/MidsommarFilm
Cast & credits
Director: Ari Aster. 2hrs 27 mins/147 mins. B-Reel Films/Square Peg. (15)
Producers: Patrik Andersson, Lars Knudsen,
Writer: Ari Aster.
Camera: Pawel Pogorzelski.
Music: The Haxan Cloak.
Sets: Henrik Svensson.
Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Ellora Torchier, Archie Madekwe, Henrik Norlen, Gunnel Fred.
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