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Midsommar
Ari Aster
(2019)
141min
18 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Dave Aldridge
This enjoyably daft but long-winded riff on
The Wicker Man
sees Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor and Will Poulter among a bunch of young people falling foul of pagan practices when they injudiciously drop in on a remote Swedish village's summer solstice celebrations. Directed by Ari Aster, the man who made hit horror film
Hereditary
,
Midsommar
revels in the notion that things that traditionally go bump in the night can equally well go bump in broad daylight. And in the idea that sunshine, sweetness and smiles can cloak far darker designs. And, for a time, in this land of the midnight sun, they do. And creepily so. But the novelty of high-noon horror wears ripely thin and risible over an overlong running time.
Midsommar
is slicker than
The Wicker Man
, but can't match the "wow" moment of Edward Woodward's journey to Summerisle (or Britt Ekland's dance), though it offers an underwhelming equivalent of the former if not the latter.
Cast & Crew
Dani
Florence Pugh
Christian
Jack Reynor
Mark
Will Poulter
Josh
William Jackson Harper
Pelle
Vilhelm Blomgren
Simon
Archie Madekwe
Connie
Ellora Torchia
Karin
Anna Astrom
Ulf
Henrik Norlen
Director
Ari Aster
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Other Information
Language:
English, Swedish +subtitles
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Entertainment
Guidance:
Violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, drug abuse
Available on:
DVD and Blu-ray
Released on:
5 Jul 2019
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