Midsommar is not for most audiences, but film fans will find this is a fun yet extremley disturbing journey you must watch at least once. This movie is about a young couple and their friends who visit a friends rural home for a once in a century festival. As time passes they begin to realize there may be strange things going on unknown to them. Florence Pugh gives an incredible performance. Her character has an insane amount of layers and she plays even the most subtle aspects perfectly. Jack Reynor gives a great performance. This is easily the best work I have seen from him and his strong dynamic with Pugh is the core of the film. Will Poulter brings some much-needed levity to the film with his very comedic performance. Vilhelm Blomgren also impresses in his supporting role. Ari Aster does a fantastic job directing. This is a very slow deliberately paced movie that you have to be patient with as the movie subtlety tells you its story. The script is great but very minimalistic. There are many scenes with just characters having normal conversations or scenes without much dialogue at all. I want to also stress the weird and disturbing nature of this film. If you are not okay with messed up themes and imagery this movie is not for you. The cinematography is stunning with many disturbingly beautiful shots. At 147 minutes the pacing is intentionally a slow build that pays off, but you have to wait through a lot of build-up. That was not an issue for me but it will be for some people. Overall, Midsommar has a very small audience that it’ll work for but for hardcore films fans or experimental moviegoers this is a journey worth experiencing.
8/10
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