Drags on and on with minimal payoff

Rating: 5/10 (12 July 2019)

Solid writing, great acting, and much stranger than it has any right being. The movie is largely well done, though it does over stay its welcome by the end. A full hour longer than most films in the genre, MidSommar could have been far more impactful if it hadn't meandered so much through the back half of the film. This isn't a long movie that takes advantage of each moment of screen time, this is a long movie with a a number of removable scenes and a multitude of scenes worth shortening. Hereditary suffered in a similar fashion, but unlike Aster's first go, MidSommar lacks the fearful uncomfortability of its predecessor, and opts for more awkward uncomfortability instead. While far more original than much of the films surrounding it, having only five combined minutes of fear over the course of a 150 minute film leaves MidSommar a lackluster addition to the genre.