A beautiful misunderstanding

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2019)

Many of the reviews I've seen for the film, have totally misunderstood the sole purpose for this film.
Before I get into that though, I would like to talk about the technicals of this film.
Throughout this film, I counted multiple times where the transitions and editing were simply stunning. Many great center of focus transitions that show how great this filmmaking team was. Great directing again from Ari Aster who continues to give us great "post-horror" films. Although this film is not as great as Hereditary (too me a top tier horror film) it has better Cinematography elements to it such as the theatrical aesthetic.
One thing I didn't notice, was that this film lacked the stand-out performance that Hereditary gave us from Toni Collette.
This film gave us great writing with little to no throw-away lines. It also had too many long scenes where the suspense was being overused. However, I don't find that to be much of an issue.
Okay, now here is what many people are misunderstanding. I couldn't help but acknowledge many people in the theater after the last shot saying "aww cmon it can't end like that" but I believe that was an amazing point to end the film. The sole purpose of this movie was to show Dani overcoming her loss of her parents/sister. Many people that I've talked to have believed that the suicide/murder revealing scene at the beginning is a "plot hole" but that is where they are wrong.
The whole film is about Dani overcoming the adversity that she went through with that horrific event and the triumph of her finally moving on from it and finding people who will always be family to her and who will always empathize and sympathize with her. The cult provides her with people with loving and caring support (something her boyfriend could not do) and helping her find her "family".
The final shot shows Dani happily smiling, knowing that she has people who will always be there for her and will always take care of her. For example, they help her through the breakup of her boyfriend (they basically breakup when she finds him having sex with the red-head female) when the whole group of girls comfort her by showing that they are feeling her pain as well.
I think many people are looking at this film the wrong way and I hope that this will be a guide to see this film through a better and much clearer lens.