Review of Midsommar (2019) by Lamontraymond — 03 Jul 2019

They should have added more items to the Rated-R warnings: “Massive Head Wounds, Dead Skin Mask, Forcible Bear Suit, Unconventinal Suicide (or murder) Machines.” I tend to agree with Mick LaSalle at the Chronicle – it’s really brilliant stuff, with incredibly beautiful shots, but it’s got some of the most twisted content I think I’ve ever seen.

This is one of those films that if you happen to see before you’re a teenager, you’ll probably be screwed up for years. I mean, gore is one thing, but repeatedly showing you close-up gore without any notice – so you can’t avoid it – is a little cruel.

All that being said, this Ari Astor sure loves his cult movies. And he ties them into the banalities of western civilization in really creative ways. Wow, that was a whopper. My open question is whether the Swedish guy who was responsible for “recruiting” the outsiders for the festival actually killed the main characters family, or whether he was simply opportunistic in reacting to the deaths.