A psychotropic plunge into what death might mean, if it means anything.
Deeply upsetting and very funny?
Ari Aster takes the very idea of a sophomore slump and sets it ablaze.
Going to join the chorus and say I absolutely loved#Midsommar, wrote Meagan Navarro of theBloody Disgustingwebsite.
Ari Aster nails guttural, raw emotion.
So much joy and humor with the fed up pain.
Legit feel good horror for me.
MIDSOMMAR will do for Swedish pagan solstice rituals whatPsychodid for showers,wroteIndie Wire film critic David Ehrlich.
Theyre a really weird, culty kind of commune, Reynortold EWearlier this year.
Everybodys all dressed in white, they have strange kinds of social cliques.
These include a repast Pugh calls The Last Supper.
And then what happens?
They just hang out, deadpanned Aster.
They take it easy and they make it home safe and sound.
No, but seriously.
It is very safe to say that horrors ensue, conceded the director.
Thats why Im making sure to describe it as a fairytale.
Its not a million miles away from something likeAlice in Wonderland.
Its a psychedelic film.
But there are no solid [comparisons] that I can hand you.
Im hoping that the film feels pretty singular and is a trip.
Watch the trailer forMidsommar, above.
