An artful piece of cinema thats both beautiful and unsettling.

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2019)

I love reading peoples' reviews where they complain about how their time has been wasted on a movie.. so they warn others not to waste their own. Oh no, not your precious time! You mean you threw away two and a half hours of your extremely important and busy life on a movie you didn't end up enjoying? How awful. It's ok to not care for a movie, folks. Art is subjective.
My take? Midsommar offers a refreshing mix of raw performances and gorgeous cinematography, steadily building with an uneasiness that is almost sickening at times.. and in a good way. The lead lady, Florence Pugh, is genuine and endearing. The direction is confident and the writing seems untouched by any studio execs looking to squeeze in cute one-liners etc.. no nonsense here. This movie is a bit of a head trip, but it is wonderfully done. Definitely not your average thriller. Looking forward to more from this director.