Absorbing masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2019)

Midsommar only improved when I saw it a second time. The thing I appreciate about it the most is how Aster transitions the viewer from nerve shredding terror to breathtaking catharsis in the matter of only one or two scenes. The ending sequence is one of the best I've ever seen, and Florence Pugh joins Toni Collette as giving the best female horror performances since Shelley Duvall in The Shining. Midsommar might be too much for some viewers. But I would rather watch a movie that disturbs me so profoundly that I can't forget it, than a movie that bores me so completely that I can't remember it. It's an absolute masterpiece of modern cinema. Go see it and support talented independent filmmakers.