A brilliant and thrilling slice of horror

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2019)

Right off the bat, im just gonna say it, this movie is amazing. From the director of the amazing Hereditary comes this nightmare soaked in daylight. While Hereditary was more of a drama movie with horrific aspects, Midsommar plays more like a horror movie with drama about equally as much. This movie had some extremely horrific scenes, some more disturbing than Hereditary. Where this movie shines the most is in its cinematography and acting. The cinematography is just absolutely stunning with some shots that elevated the tension of certain scenes to an unbelievable degree. And with this movie being almost completely drenched in sunlight, the shots are absolutely gorgeous and vibrant, as well as equally horrifying. As far as the acting goes, it is amazing all across the board especially from Florence Pugh who played Dani. She did an excellent job at displaying multiple emotions not even through dialogue but just through facial expressions and actions. The rest of the cast did an excellent job as well, with Jack Reynor playing Christian as another standout. The only minor complaint i have with the movie is the fact that it does not go wild to an extreme degree in the last act like Hereditary did. Instead, this movie had horrifying things happen throughout to even it out. I was just expecting that insane last act like Hereditary but it honestly was not that big of a deal. Ari Aster (the director) did it again with this movie, making a smart and effective horrific movie that puts the human psyche and emotions in center stage. This movie was incredible and i highly recommend any fan of horror to see it.