Midsommar
Directed by Ari Aster
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities. From TMDB
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| Bluesky * | 55 | 16 | 109 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| TMDB reviews * | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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Viewers find Midsommar visually stunning but divisive. [1][2][3] Many compare it unfavorably to The Wicker Man. [4][5][6] Some see it as a comfort film about grief and breakups. [7][8][9]
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It starts with good premises, but is lost due to a miserable script and a direction that needs direction. Ari Aster is not a director that I consider good. This is his second feature film, and he didn't show great talent for directing here. However, worse than his direction is his absolute lack of writing skills: the script he wrote here is mediocre, to be nice, and completely kills the film. What I liked most about …
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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 …
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69/100 A group of friends go to a secluded village in Sweden to experience the Midsommer festival. Little did they know... Chopping out about 45 mins of film may have given it some much needed energy. Despite the long-winded nature of belaboring a few points beyond their need, this was an immersive and mesmerizing clash of cultures and how it affects the newcomers who're completely out of their depth. This is not a …
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An impressive work, “Midsommar” is Ari Aster’s follow-up to “Herditary,” a decent if flawed horror film. “Midsommar” follows Dani, who, after the tragic loss of her parents and sister, decides to follow her increasingly distant boyfriend and his friends on a trip to Sweden to visit the pagan cult commune their roommate, Pelle, grew up in. While seemingly open and friendly, it becomes obvious fairly quickly that …
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Possibly unpopular take: Midsommar is a comfort movie for me. I KNOW I KNOW BUT HEAR ME OUT It’s all about how grief and loneliness fuck you up, and my husband died on the summer solstice, so it hits a weird dark spot in me that makes me feel seen.
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Midsommar grossed $27.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $20.5 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $48 million. In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross $8–10 million from 2,707 theaters over its first five days. It made $3 million on its first day, including $1.1 million from Tuesday night previews, which Deadline Hollywood called a "smashing start". It went on to debut to $10.9 million, finishing sixth at the box office; IndieWire said it was "just decent" given its estimated $8 million budget, but the film would likely find success in home media. In its second weekend, the film dropped 44% to $3.7 million, finishing in eighth,…
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60 of 251 · most liked firstexamples of what the FBI included as evidence of "Antifa terrorism" in the Prairieland case: -Narcan spray -Anarchist tattoos -a highlighted copy of Emergent Strategy -a zine made of a 2019 review of Hereditary and Midsommar from @reproutopia.bsky.social -First Aid Kits -seeds for garden vegetables
neutral · AI labelView post →Considering the film is pretty explicitly framed as a fairy tale, I don’t think Christian is at all supposed to be seen as a victim in Midsommar. Christian fucking sucks, and his end is morbidly and cruelly cathartic.
positive · AI labelView post →‘Midsommar’-inspired poster for ‘SCARY MOVIE 6’. In theaters on June 5.
neutral · AI labelView post →My nana loved horror films, Stephen King works in particular. The last movies I watched with her is when we did a triple feature of Black Phone, Doctor Sleep and Midsommar: Director’s Cut. She loved them all, though I will admit, Midsommar is a funny choice for final film to watch with your grandma
positive · AI labelView post →I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From A Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.. > >The essay in question: a film review I wrote in 2019 about the horror movies “Hereditary” and “Midsommar.” > > >I blinked twice, rubbed my eyes, and then began digging around on the internet to understand. > > >To my astonishment, prosecutors had introduced my seven-year-old analysis of feminism’s relationship to horror cinema as “evidence of ideologically driven intent” the previous day.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Possibly unpopular take: Midsommar is a comfort movie for me. I KNOW I KNOW BUT HEAR ME OUT It’s all about how grief and loneliness fuck you up, and my husband died on the summer solstice, so it hits a weird dark spot in me that makes me feel seen.
positive · AI labelView post →I need a comfort movie. “You mean like a Ghibli film?” No, I think I’ll go with Midsommar tonight
positive · AI labelView post →Crossing off another “horror blind spot” viewing with this one. I’ve seen Midsommar, which was reportedly heavily influenced by this. Plus, I love 70s films, so hopefully this tickles my fancy 😌 #NW The Wicker Man (1973) 🎬 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →"Hereditary" is probabiy the scariest movie I've seen in the last ten years. And yes, I enjoyed "Midsommar" but I would not say it was scary. Just uncomfortable.
positive · AI labelView post →Midsommar is a comfort film because it says that even if your boyfriend's a jerk you will always have the loving embrace of an inbred murder cult to fall back on.
positive · AI labelView post →just saw a "when the movie themes don't match the color aesthetic" reel on insta, about fucking *Midsommar*, & it's so dumb I can't even be mad (ok I'm a bit mad)
negative · AI labelView post →Thinking about the movie Midsommar
neutral · AI labelView post →Love those horror movie videos that go, “Here are three hidden gems we guarantee you haven’t seen!” and then they show you Session 9, Midsommar, and The Wailing.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen (Hereditary, Midsommar) will produce the film adaptation of ‘DEATH STRANDING’ under their Square Peg banner alongside A24 and Kojima Productions. Michael Sarnoski will write and direct.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I’ve raised my film cred with my son because I’ve shown him The Exorcist, Midsommar, Midnight Run, In Bruges, Risky Business, Rear Window, Tootsie and Rosemary’s Baby. Now I have to use that goodwill to show him Singing In The Rain and any movie made pre-1950.
positive · AI labelView post →2hrs film study, Midsommar aka. extremely panicked juxtaposition of trying to get a likeness whilst simultaneously painting ALL the flowers 🫶
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Midsommar (2019) By Jeff Poitiers
neutral · AI labelView post →The best modern "found family" movie is Midsommar send skeet
positive · AI labelView post →Midsommar (2019) dir. Ari Aster 🎬 This film certainly owes a debt to The Wicker Man ('73), but it goes its own way with a mystery #horror story that serves as a clever allegory for the psychological trauma of a painful break-up. Florence Pugh is amazing. #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
positive · AI labelView post →I remain convinced that MIDSOMMAR is a great film, but I do not believe that it is a great horror film. I think that it's a wicked satire. It's the "Dr. Strangelove" of Folk Horror. It's absurd and it leans into absurdity and dares you to question it. I adore it.
positive · AI labelView post →love that movie Midsommar, sorry two spoil it but it turns out the sommar is just kind of ok
neutral · AI labelView post →Alucard's face in SOTN was based on the 15-year old visage of Björn Andrésen from the frankly quite creepy film 'Death in Venice" (he was also the old man who faceplants in Midsommar)
neutral · AI labelView post →there are other movies, like, e.g., Midsommar, whose entire point depends on the movie being misunderstood by its audience.
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 5/100 of Horror Movie Watches: *Cloverfield (2008) *Sev7n (1995) *Hereditary (2018) *Midsommar (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →The thing about Erling Haaland is that he’d probably be the most chill guy at the Midsommar gathering from the movie Midsommar. He would see the sacrifice ritual and how much trauma it causes and still ask if you want to go get an ice cream
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think Midsommar has a happy ending, but I also think the people who *do* think that are actually reading the film better than the people who think it's a ludicrous suggestion.. You've never debated anyone like me before
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally watched Midsommar (!!!) and ohh, so good. Community, flowers, research, community sacrifice. All the good things. 🌼
positive · AI labelView post →I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From A Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.. >The essay in question: a film review I wrote in 2019 about the horror movies “Hereditary” and “Midsommar.” >I blinked twice, rubbed my eyes, and then began digging around on the internet to understand. >To my astonishment, prosecutors had introduced my seven-year-old analysis of feminism’s relationship to horror cinema as “evidence of ideologically driven intent” the previous day. ... >The…
neutral · AI labelView post →Midsommar is a great movie for many reasons but also because it just fucking skewers casually shitty dudes in a way that no other movie has.
positive · AI labelView post →Girls will be like "this is my comfort movie" and it's literally Midsommar
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoy folk horror, and this film had Midsommar vibes in spades! The symbol, while reminiscent of another found footage film that came before, had another meaning. I was left with many questions, which I consider a good thing after seeing a film. It was a difficult watch. 🐾🐾🐾 #FilmSky #FolkHorror
neutral · AI labelView post →Found it weird that pagans use images of Midsommar to promote events when the pagans in the film are murderous White Nationalists
neutral · AI labelView post →Midsommar is a christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →In Midsommar, allegedly an anti-nazi movie, we see eugenics work. TWICE. The lady who assaulted Chris (yeah he sucks, but so did that) is shown certain she got pregnant as she wished off one encounter, and whenever the community needs a disabled person they just breed one on purpose like it's easy.
neutral · AI labelView post →hiii MIDSOMMAR freak here with some thoughts! the movie is a horror story about how people who are traumatized or in abusive relationships will often choose other abusive relationships because they're so conditioned to it she leaves her abuser for a racist death cult
neutral · AI labelView post →Love Ari Aster's movie about American politics in the 21st century, Midsommar
neutral · AI labelView post →"What about Midsommar--" Shush. Midsommar is not a "good for her" movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 19 of spooky month the movie of the day is Midsommar
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally watched Midsommar. WOW that’s a heck of a ride! This movie is so beautifully done.
positive · AI labelView post →2hrs film portrait studies ✨ My hand nearly fell off frantically painting all those flowers in the Midsommar one 💀🌸
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Mountainhead and it pains me how much of the lingo I understand. This film is scarier than Midsommar
neutral · AI labelView post →Artists, show how you draw flowers! 🌹 Speedpaint flowers in a rush for this 2hrs film study from Midsommar
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie night starting now! 7pm EDT Saturday. We are watching Snatch (2000) and Midsommar (2019).. The announcement: https://submatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/4dXLW67zyj The player: https://player.submatrix.net/r/MatrixHub Last week's event announcement on Lemmy: https://lemmy.world/post/46066798
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychologically uncomfortable films like Funny Games (1997). Could anyone who has seen and felt psychologically uncomfortable during _Funny Games_ (1997) suggest similar films? My own suggestions are: - _Midsommar_ (2019), - _Eden Lake_ (2008), - _Mother!_ (2017).
neutral · AI labelView post →Time to show y’all my May Queen tree topper!! Any Midsommar fans? #horrormovies 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →My weekly hot take: the film Midsommar is actually about how a dude can suck SO BAD that joining a cult is preferable to his company.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm not a horror guy, but I did watch Midsommar mistaking it for the Handmaid's Tale for some reason, and I was both very upset but intrigued by the whole film. I've yet to watch Handmaid Tale
neutral · AI labelView post →Faces 1 & 12 oƒ 16. Midsommar Festival Old Settlers Park Round Rock, TX June 13, 2026 Fujifilm Instax mini EVO, FILM No. 1 Normal / LENS No. 6 Sepia + Instax Mini Black Instant Film #believeinfilm #filmphotography #instaxminiblack #instaxminievo
neutral · AI labelView post →this evening's movie: Midsommar (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →THIS is what peak #Midsummer looks like! #Midsommar #Sweden Dont let that godawful movie trick you!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally watched Midsommar last night... Can anyone tell me why everyone loves that movie so much? I thought it was unbelievably boring.
negative · AI labelView post →My steak tartare reminds me of the girl from Midsommar 🍜🍽️🥩🥚🫀🎬🍿📽️🎞️🎦📼 #foodsky #food #steak #filmsky #film
neutral · AI labelView post →#AprilMovieChallenge #Moviesky Day 6.A movie with followers of a religious group. Midsommar (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing the Midsommar actor in the trailer for the new Blumhouse Mummy movie: Hasn't this guy suffered enough for being a shitty boyfriend
neutral · AI labelView post →Third round seeing Nosfurstu in theatres. It now ties with Midsommar for film I've seen the most times in a theatrical setting.
neutral · AI labelView post →She’s a ten, but her comfort movie is Midsommar.
neutral · AI labelView post →... and indeed lmfao Actually starting to wish they were stuck in the middle of the film Midsommar. As the tourists.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching Midsommar, is it, like, law that the first half hour of every horror film has to be an interminable slog?
unlabelledView post →We watched MIDSOMMAR last night for the first time. That’s a movie you think about for a while. And Florence Pugh deserves all her accolades.
positive · AI labelView post →Quote this with your Top 4 Horror Movies 1. The VVitch 2. The Ritual 3. Midsommar 4. The Babadook
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