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Midsommar

Movie · 2019 · 147 min

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

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2019 Swedish-American film directed by Ari Aster
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Year
2019
Runtime
147 min
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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
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, horror, thriller
Directed by
Ari Aster
Written by
Ari Aster
Starring
Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, Björn Andrésen, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Julia Ragnarsson, Archie Madekwe, Liv Mjönes
Music
The Haxan Cloak
Cinematography
Paweł Pogorzelski
Runtime
147 min
Country
United States, Sweden
Languages
English, Swedish

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