Midsommar (2019)
76%RT Audience Score: 63%
Awards & Nominations: 28 wins & 77 nominations
Ambitious, impressively crafted, and above all unsettling, Midsommar further proves writer-director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with
Midsommar is the kind of movie that makes you want to sleep with the lights on and never go on a vacation again. It’s a wild ride that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about cults and Swedish traditions. But hey, at least Florence Pugh gives an amazing performance, right? If you’re a horror fan, this movie is a must-watch. Just maybe don’t plan any summer trips to Scandinavia afterwards.
Production Company(ies)
Act III Productions, Artemis Rising Foundation Maramara Films,
Distributor
A24
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Budapest, Hungary
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language
Year of Release
2019
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.00 : 1
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Runtime:2h 25m
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Language(s):English, Swedish
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2019 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2019
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Vilhelm Blomgren, Isabelle Grill, directed by Ari Aster, written by Ari Aster, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Manohla Dargis, Lindsey Bahr, Claudia Puig, Stephen Romei, Wenlei Ma, Jake Wilson, Brian Eggert, Taylor Baker, Kip Mooney, Robin Holabird, Victor Pineyro, R rating, drug use, disturbing ritual violence, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, grisly images, language, produced by Patrik Andersson, Lars Knudsen, A24, Dolby Digital
Worldwide gross: $47,967,636
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $55,424,423
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,281
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 6,044,103
US/Canada gross: $27,426,361
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $31,689,913
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,256
US/Canada opening weekend: $6,560,030
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $7,579,816
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,029
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $9,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $10,399,091
Production budget ranking: 1,652
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $5,599,910
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $39,425,421
ROI to date (est.): 246%
ROI ranking: 538
Jack Reynor – Christian
William Jackson Harper – Josh
Will Poulter – Mark
Vilhelm Blomgren – Pelle
Isabelle Grill – Maja
Director(s)
Ari Aster
Writer(s)
Ari Aster
Producer(s)
Patrik Andersson, Lars Knudsen
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
28 wins & 77 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (399) | Top Critics (75) | Fresh (332) | Rotten (67)
After a while, an unproductive restlessness sets in as you wait for the characters to matter as much as the silky moves and painstaking details. Horror
December 18, 2019
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
Midsommar is a waking nightmare and I mean that in the best possible way.
December 18, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Lindsey Bahr
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
I was never, even for one second, feeling the length… I found it so unsettling and sinister. At moments it was a little uneven, but it’s so watchable and gets under your skin in a really creepy way.
October 1, 2019
Claudia Puig
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Indeed, it’s cultural sensitivity that lies at the heart of this movie. It is not about serial killers, aliens or supernatural beings. It is about the ordinary humans we know as the Other because they come from somewhere else.
August 27, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5
Stephen Romei
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
Ari Aster’s approach to horror filmmaking seeps into your subconsciousness with great effect, lingering like an uninvited guest.
August 15, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Wenlei Ma
News.com.au
TOP CRITIC
Even more than Hereditary, Midsommar lives on the edge where horror meets absurdity, prompting the kind of laughter that comes from not knowing how else to respond.
August 9, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Aster wields a two-pronged setup that pokes at feelings of anxiety about remote communities and their link to an untamed wilderness, while also presenting characters whose interpersonal drama underscores every potently disturbing situation in the film.
March 2, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Episode 42: Crawl / The Last Black Man in San Francisco / Chernobyl / Midsommar
October 4, 2021 | Rating: 97/100
Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
One dizzying, hilarious trip into hell.
August 15, 2021 | Rating: B+
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
Midsommer is a tasty treat for horror fans.
July 23, 2021
Robin Holabird
KUNR (Reno, NV)
Ari Aster’s Hereditary follow-up is a genuinely disturbing tale of nature-worshiping pagans.
April 29, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
James McMahon
NME
Bizarre is the main course in Midsommar, which serves as Florence Pugh’s tour de force. A daylight horror movie that succeeds because of the efficiency of its first act. [Full review in Spanish]
March 1, 2021 | Rating: 7/10
Victor Pineyro
Seventh Art Studio…
Plot
Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, Christian invites a grieving Dani to join him 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 the North European 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.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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