Midsommar

One thing is certain: writer/director Ari Aster comprehends stifling dread in the most profound sense.

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With this as his bedrock, Aster lulls you along to a truly whacked out, floral fever dream. In the calamity you might ask, “How did we get here?”, like lovers in any doomed relationship. As is usually the case, the warning signs were there all along. Maybe you missed them. Worse yet, maybe you saw them and were powerless to stop. Either way, you’re screwed.

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Spooky brain-bender Midsommar thrills with creepy Swedish communes and endless sunshine

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An emotionally devastating, slow-burn horror tale from the director of Hereditary.

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Ari Aster is interested in extremities, and knows just when to deploy one to enhance another.

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Midsommar is a deranged (and funny!) folk-horror nightmare from the director of Hereditary

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Filmmaker Ari Aster’s follow-up to ‘Hereditary’ turns a break-up story into a funny, frightening ‘Wicker Man’ 2.0

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Ari Aster continues on as filmmaking’s ringleader of grief in Midsommar, an unsettling, often shocking portrayal of cultic life that’s rich with both ambition and beauty.

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‘Midsommar’ proves horror is just as chilling in broad daylight

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'Hereditary' director's 'Midsommar' is a nightmarish take on a toxic relationship

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Pugh excels throughout. The movie works best, I think, as a black-comic treatise on what can befall a garden-variety passive-aggressive mixed blessing of a boyfriend if he’s not careful.

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'Hereditary' director Ari Aster sends unwitting Americans into a strange Swedish cult for his sophomore outing.

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‘Midsommar’: Ari Aster Tackles Grief, Gaslighting & Cults In A Folk Horror About The Relationships You Need To Leave, ASAP

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Ari Aster’s ambitions outpace his execution in this follow-up to “Hereditary.”

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Director Ari Aster—of last year’s harrowing ‘Hereditary’—delivers a disorienting, boldly original film set at a Swedish solstice celebration.

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Ari Aster’s hyper-aware movie builds a scary mousetrap with Swedish bait, but it has more virtuosity than vision.

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Aster has referred to Midsommar as his Dogville. It’s really more his Mother!: a visually startling mélange of ideas and effects that audiences will find either enthralling or self-absorbed.

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Midsommar Loses Its Plot Under a Sinister Midnight Sun

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A fine ensemble, led by Florence Pugh, gets stuck playing the kind of horror characters you want to slap for their stupidity

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