Movie

Midsommar

2019 · 147 min

A sun-drenched descent into unsettling ritual and raw grief, unfolding with deliberate, hypnotic dread.

Tagline: Let the festivities begin.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, identity, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, gore and sexual content. Mild language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
identity
betrayal
family
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong