Midsommar began a series of screenings for critics and the reaction has been strong, to say the least, here are some of the ones from last night.
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#Midsommar: I loved every second of this nearly 3 hour movie. Holy SHIT. Yeah, it’s disturbing. But it’s also surprisingly hilarious. An absolutely crowd pleaser. Long live @AriAster.
— Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) June 19, 2019
MIDSOMMAR confirms a major talent who isn’t afraid to alienate… most people. A psychotropic plunge into what death might mean, if it means anything. Deeply upsetting and very funny?
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) June 19, 2019
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MIDSOMMAR: Like with HEREDITARY, Ari Aster uses overwhelming grief as a gateway into a slowly escalating tunnel of nightmares. Not a visceral scare-fest, but something so much more unpleasant, darkly funny and yes, totally fucked.
— Jacob Hall (@JacobSHall) June 19, 2019
Things that are great about MIDSOMMAR:
1. Florence Pugh.
2. Henrik Svensson's next-level production design.
3. Pawel Pogorzelski's slow, steady camera that lulls you into a state of calm.
4. Ari Aster meditating intensely about trauma and loss in the most fucked up ways.— neil (@rejects) June 19, 2019
I’m not going to comment really on MIDSOMMAR since this one seems perilously close to getting swept up in the HYPE MACHINE. But it is PURE, meticulous Ari Aster. It is beautiful. It is immersive. And Florence Pugh, as you should already know, is a god damn star!!
— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) June 19, 2019
For anyone who still hasn’t seen the trailer, check it out –
Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing. From the visionary mind of Ari Aster comes Midsommar where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight. The film opens up July 2nd.
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