Midsommar

Rating: 2/10 (22 October 2019)

I'm starting to think I'm just not on this director's wavelength. I hated Hereditary. I've been vehemently warned against the VVitch and as far as I'm concerned, Midsommar is terrible.
This movie makes NO sense. Maybe I'm just missing it. Maybe it's all metaphor that I'm not connecting with. Maybe if I could understand all the un-subtitled Swedish I'd understand more. But, any movie I have to do research on just to understand it has failed on a fundamental level to convey its story in the allotted time.
Beyond all that, the performances are awful. I didn't buy into any of the characters or the emotional journeys they went on. Florence Pugh is trying to give some emotion and at times full on heartbreak but all she really manages is a lot of ugly crying. Jack Reynor, the love interest, is as stiff as a board with all the personality of cardboard. He's supposed to be with this group for a reason but that barely even comes up until 2/3rds of the way through the movie, like they suddenly remembered, "Oh yeah, he's supposed to have a story too."
The movie just made me mad. It's 148 minutes of boredom and agony. It's pretty sometimes. That's about the only positive to me.
Steer clear.