Let the festivities begin.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Ellora Torchia |
Director |
Ari Aster |
Screenplay | Ari Aster |
Music | The Haxan Cloak |
Cinematography | Pawel Pogorzelski |
Editing | Lucian Johnston |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround 7.1 |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2019 |
Produced by | B-Reel Films, Square Peg |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Horror |
Language | None (sic) |
Nudity | None (sic) |
Sex | None (sic) |
Violence | None (sic) |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | Contains scenes of horror. |
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. |
R: Restricted | Rated R for disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language |
Runtime | 147 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 17 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
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Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
24.com Ilan Preskovsky All told I’m pretty sure Midsommar is fairly excellent if a bit flawed and a lot insane, but I’ll be damned if I can easily recommend it. I can say this, though: if you thought Hereditary and the Wicker Man were too tame for you, boy have I got the film for you! As well as the number of a very qualified psychiatrist... | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 51 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 249 critics | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Ambitious, impressively crafted, and above all unsettling, Midsommar further proves writer-director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with. | 17 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 14 | |
CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Unsettling, high-class horror movie is extremely violent. | 15 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy while there’s dread and some truly disturbing and horrifying moments, I didn’t find those or the film in general remotely scary or frightening and thus this “Midsommar” trip feels a bit like a wasted opportunity. | 9 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 75 users | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes users 2732 users | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 12 | |
IMDB 11385 Netizens | 16 | |
The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 |