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bramblebark
Verified TMDB Critic
2019-07-16
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....
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SWITCH.
Verified TMDB Critic
2019-08-08
Although arthouse horror movies really aren’t my thing for the most part, ‘Midsommar’ falls into a strange middle ground where I wasn’t bored but I wasn’t invested either. I feel no need to “finding the mean“ to read theories online, because I simply don’t care. The only saving grace is the visuals, which are breathtaking and wildly creative at times, but it’s not a trip I want to take again.
- Chris dos Santos
Read Chris' full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-midsommar-ari-aster-brings-the-gore-but-lacks-the-emotion
8/08/2019
3 stars...
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Stephen Campbell
Verified TMDB Critic
2019-09-23
_**Very poorly advertised as something it isn't; will be sure to frustrate and impress in equal measure**_
> _Methought I was enamoured of an ass._
- William Shakespeare; _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ (1595)
>_Sometimes at pagan shrines they vowed_
>_offerings to idols, swore oaths_
>_that the killer of souls might come to their aid_
>_and save the people. That was their way,_
>_their heathenish hope; deep in their hearts_
>_they remembered hell._
- Seamus Heaney; _Beowulf: A Verse Translation_ (1999)
Much like his feature debut, the excellent _Hereditary_ (2018), w...
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Manuel São Bento
Verified TMDB Critic
2019-09-27
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This was easily one of my most anticipated movies of the year. Hereditary was my favorite film of 2018, so obviously, Ari Aster's second feature grabbed my full attention from the very first announcement. Fortunately, even though Midsommar is only being released now in my country, I was able to stay away from spoilers, as well as from any sort of images or clips. As you might expect, this is not a typical horror movie, even though it's being marketed as belonging to the genre. Sure, it has some horror stuff that indisput...
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Gimly
Verified TMDB Critic
2019-10-08
_Midsommar_ might genuinely be my big disappointment for 2019. I'm not saying it's bad. But coming into this on the back of not only the crazy good _Hereditary_ from last year, but also the **gushing** praise from the online horror community, I guess my expectations were a little high. It doesn't make me feel good to say it, but honestly I'm glad I didn't see this in the cinema. Firstly because I think I might've been a little mad if I had forked out $25 to see this, based on the experience I ended up happening, but also secondly, because I don't much feel like going blind in the theatre from ...
