Better than Jordan Peele's Us

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2019)

People give Jordan Peele's Us far more credit than its due. Viewers mistakenly believe Us has something to say, but ultimately it hides its lack of substance in opaque imagery the meaning of which Peele is as clueless to as the viewer. But both Peele and viewers like to pretend like the movie has a deeper substance -- they just can't point to examples in the movie...
Midsommar is the antithesis of Us. The film abounds in scenes with deeper meanings and bathes in intelligent themes (and blood). Its tense, but not scary. It's more thriller than horror.
It's not perfect, the characters could be more fleshed out, and some of the decisions they make will leave you wondering if they maybe should have laid off the psychoactive tea. Overall, however, Midsommar is an excellent movie, intelligent, tense, interesting and in a perverse way - a lot of fun.