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Midsommar

February 07, 2023

Not to be confused with the 2003 film Midsommer.
For the season, see midsummer.

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. The film stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a dysfunctional couple who travel to Sweden with a group of friends for a midsummer festival, only to find themselves in the clutches of a sinister cult practicing Scandinavian paganism. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter.

Midsommar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAri Aster
Written byAri Aster
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPawel Pogorzelski
Edited byLucian Johnston
Music byBobby Krlic
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
Running time
148 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Sweden[1]
LanguageEnglish[2]
Budget$9 million[3]
Box office$48 million[3]

A co-production between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set among Swedish cultists. While elements of the original concept remain in the final product, the film's plot centers on a deteriorating relationship, inspired by a difficult breakup which Aster himself experienced. The soundtrack, composed by British electronic musician Bobby Krlic (better known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak), takes inspiration from Nordic folk music. The film was shot on location in Budapest in the summer and autumn of 2018.

Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2019, by A24 and in Sweden on July 10, 2019, by Nordisk Film. The film grossed $48 million and received critical acclaim, with praise for Aster's direction and Pugh's performance in particular.

Plot

American psychology student Dani Ardor is left deeply traumatized after her sister commits a murder-suicide by filling the house with carbon monoxide, killing herself and her parents. The incident further strains Dani's relationship with her increasingly distant boyfriend of four years, cultural anthropology student, Christian. As summer approaches, she learns that Christian and fellow students Mark and Josh have been invited by their Swedish friend Pelle to attend a midsummer festival at his ancestral commune, the Hårga, in rural Hälsingland, Sweden. The festival occurs only once every 90 years, and Josh, who is writing his thesis on European midsummer festivities, regards it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Christian had not discussed the trip with Dani, as he intended to break up with her before the tragedy with her family. After an argument, he reluctantly invites her along.

Upon arrival at the commune, they meet Simon and Connie, a couple from London who were invited by Pelle's communal brother Ingemar. He offers the group psychedelic mushrooms, and Dani has a bad trip, hallucinating about her dead family. The day after their arrival, the group witnesses an ättestupa ceremony, where two elders commit suicide by jumping from a cliff onto the rocks below. When one of the elders survives the fall, the commune members mimic his wails of pain, and promptly mercy-kill him by bludgeoning his skull with a mallet. Commune elder, Siv, attempts to calm Connie and Simon by explaining that every member of their community does this at the age of 72 and believes it to be a great honor.

Christian also decides to write his thesis on the Hårga commune, irritating Josh for plagiarizing his idea. Bothered by the ceremonies, Dani attempts to leave, but is convinced to stay by Pelle. He explains that he too was orphaned after his parents perished in a fire, and the commune became his new family. Connie and Simon demand to leave and are supposedly driven to a nearby train station one at a time. During his thesis research, Christian is told that to avoid incest, outsiders are sometimes brought into the commune for "mating" purposes. He is propositioned and encouraged to participate, but refuses. After unwittingly urinating on a sacred tree, Mark is lured away from the group by one of the female commune members. That night, Josh sneaks out of bed to secretly photograph one of the commune's sacred texts, despite being forbidden by an elder from doing so. Josh has his head bludgeoned and dragged away when he is caught and distracted by a man wearing Mark's corpse's skinned face.

The following day, both Dani and Christian are separately coerced into taking a hallucinogenic drink. Dani wins a maypole dancing competition and is crowned May Queen. Afterward, Christian is drugged and participates in a copulation ritual designed to impregnate Maja, a young member of the Hårga, while older nude female members watch and mimic Maja's moans. Dani witnesses the ritual and has a panic attack while the commune's women surround her, mimicking her cries of sorrow. After the ritual, a nude Christian tries to flee. He discovers Josh's severed leg planted in a flowerbed and Simon's corpse on display in a barn after being subjected to a blood eagle. Christian is then paralyzed by an elder.

For the final ceremony, the commune leaders explain that the commune must offer nine human sacrifices to purge it of its evil. The first four victims (Mark, Josh, Simon, and Connie) are outsiders lured to them by Pelle and Ingemar, while the next four victims must be from the commune. As May Queen, Dani must choose either Christian or a commune member to be the final sacrifice. She chooses Christian, who is stuffed into a disemboweled brown bear's body and placed in a triangular wooden temple alongside other sacrifices. The commune members to be sacrificed are given drugs and told it will prevent them from feeling fear or suffering, but Christian is not and remains unable to move. The structure is set alight, and the commune members mimic the screams and wails of agony of those being burned alive. Dani initially sobs in horror and grief, but then she gradually begins to smile.

Cast

 
Florence Pugh
 
Jack Reynor

Production

Development

 
Director and writer Ari Aster

In May 2018, it was announced that Ari Aster would write and direct the film, with Lars Knudsen serving as producer. B-Reel Films, a Swedish company, produced the film alongside Square Peg, with A24 distributing.[4] Aster's previous horror film, Hereditary, had been a huge critical success, making over $80 million to become A24's highest-grossing film worldwide.[5] According to Aster, he had been approached by B-Reel executives Martin Karlqvist and Patrik Andersson[6] to helm a slasher film set in Sweden, an idea which he initially rejected as he felt he "had no way into the story."[7] Aster ultimately devised a plot in which the two central characters are experiencing relationship tensions verging on a breakup, and wrote the surrounding screenplay around this theme. He described the result as "a breakup movie dressed in the clothes of a folk horror film."[7] Aster has mentioned 1981 Albert Brooks film Modern Romance as an inspiration for Midsommar, and also called it "The Wizard of Oz for perverts".[8]

Aster worked with the film's production designer Henrik Svensson to develop the film's folklore elements and the traditions of the Hårga, while visiting Hälsingland together.[9][10] He researched Hälsingegårds, "centuries-old farms that typically had painting on the walls", to develop a stylized version for the set, as well as midsummer celebrations in Swedish, German and English folklore. Aster also researched spiritual movements and communities, saying he particularly drew inspiration from Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy and the theosophy movement.[10]

Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Vilhem Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Ellora Torchia, and Archie Madekwe joined the cast in July 2018.[11][12]

Filming

Some early scenes set in the United States were also filmed there; Dani's apartment was filmed in Brooklyn, New York City, as is the location in the film, whilst other scenes where Christian's friends interact were filmed in Utah.[9] The majority of the film was shot in Hungary rather than Sweden, primarily due to financial constraints, but also as Sweden limits daily film shoots to no longer than 8 hours.[9] Principal photography began on July 30, 2018 in Budapest, and wrapped in October 2018.[13]

Harper said the shoot was "arduous" due to the heat.[14] Wasps were highly abundant and a major issue on set.[14][15] Pugh reflected "the shoot was totally nuts" and commended Aster's direction: "he was dealing with possibly 100, 120 people, additional extras and actors there, all speaking in three different languages and he was the captain of the ship".[16]

Ahead of filming the drug use scenes, Reynor said that the cast discussed their own experiences with psychedelic mushrooms.[6] On her breakdown scene with the Hårga, Pugh commended the other women involved, saying they "made this scene possible" as she typically struggles to cry on camera. She reflected: "I knew I would never be so open and so raw and so exhausted like I was that day ever again".[17]

The sex scene between Christian and Maja was shot on the final day.[15] Reynor said he spent time attempting to boost morale among the other cast members involved, none of whom spoke English, including Isabelle Grill (Maja) who was appearing in her first feature film role. He reflected he felt male nudity was unusual for a horror film, where female nudity is more typical. He said that he "advocated for as much full-frontal nudity as possible, I really wanted to embrace the feeling of being exposed and the humiliation of this character. And I felt really, really vulnerable, more than I had actually even anticipated.”[6]

Props and costume design

Svensson said that the mallet prop used for the senicide scene was a replica of one at a museum in Stockholm, and that the cliff-jumping was based on historic practices in Sweden.[6] Costume designer Andrea Flesch developed the Hårga's costumes with antique linen from Hungary and Romania, and buttons from Sweden.[6] Aster asked for the clothing to appear handmade, and for the Hårga to dress in white. Many of their costumes were hand embroidered with rune designs unique to individual community members, and signifying their families and occupations.[6] Murals and tapestries in the background of some scenes indicate events in the film.[6]

In April 2020, A24 announced it would be auctioning off props from its films and television series, including the 10,000-silk-flower May Queen dress worn by Florence Pugh, which was reportedly purchased by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for $65,000, after both Ariana Grande and Halsey had expressed interest on social media.[18] The proceeds were donated to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief for firefighters and their families.[18] Other items from the film that sold at auction were the bear headdress worn by Jack Reynor for $4,760, the mallet used to crush a cult member's skull for $10,000, and other villager costumes that sold in the $4,500 range. All the proceeds from the Midsommar collection raised over $100,000 for the FDNY Foundation.[19]

Post-production

Aster said that the visual effects for the psychedelic scenes involved considerable trial and error: "I'm sure for some of those shots we got to the point where we had 60 versions. In one iteration the tripping was way too distracting and you're not paying attention to the characters, and then you brought it down to the point where if you are paying attention to the characters, you'll never notice the tripping effects." The more minimal visual effects were settled on a week before the first screening.[6]

There was around a six-week debate as to whether the film would be given an NC-17 or R rating by the MPAA for its US release due to its graphic nudity, with it eventually being given an R rating after cuts; an NC-17 rating is considered harmful to films' box office performance.[20]

Music

 
Aster recruited electronic musician Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) to compose the film's score, having written the film while listening to Krlic's 2013 album Excavation.

Aster wrote the film while listening to British electronic musician The Haxan Cloak's 2013 album Excavation. Aster later recruited him to compose the film's score, credited under his real name Bobby Krlic. Krlic began composing the music before filming began, taking inspiration from Nordic folk music, and collaborating closely with Aster. The film makes use of diegetic music, where events on screen meld with the score.[21][22][23]

The soundtrack album was released on July 5, 2019 via Milan Records.[24]

Release

Midsommar had a pre-release screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in New York City, on June 18, 2019.[25] The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2019.[26]

Director's cut

Aster's original 171-minute cut of the film, which A24 asked Aster to trim down for a wide theatrical release, had its world premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City on August 20, 2019.[27] It was shown in theaters across the United States for a weekend starting on August 29, 2019. The director's cut was released as an Apple TV exclusive on September 24, 2019.[28] On physical media, it saw a British release on Blu-ray and DVD on October 28, 2019,[29] an Australian Blu-ray release on November 6, 2019[30] and a US release on Blu-ray in July 2020.[31]

Home media

Midsommar was released on Digital HD on September 24, 2019, and on DVD and Blu-ray on October 8, 2019.[32] The director's cut of the film was then released on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray as an A24 shop exclusive on July 20, 2020, in limited copies.[33]

Reception

Box office

Midsommar grossed $27.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $20.5 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $48 million.[3]

In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross $8–10 million from 2,707 theaters over its first five days.[34] It made $3 million on its first day, including $1.1 million from Tuesday night previews, which Deadline Hollywood called a "smashing start".[35][36] It went on to debut to $10.9 million, finishing sixth at the box office; IndieWire said it was "just decent" given its estimated $8 million budget, but the film would likely find success in home media.[37][38] In its second weekend, the film dropped 44% to $3.7 million, finishing in eighth,[39] and then made $1.6 million in its third weekend, finishing in ninth.[40]

Audience reception

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an average 3 out of 5 stars, with 50% saying they would definitely recommend it.[35]

Critical response

 
Florence Pugh garnered critical acclaim for her performance as Dani Ardor.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 400 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ambitious, impressively crafted, and above all unsettling, Midsommar further proves writer-director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with."[41] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 54 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[42]

John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as the "horror equivalent of a destination wedding", and "more unsettling than frightening, [but] still a trip worth taking."[43] Writing for Variety, Andrew Barker noted that it is "neither the masterpiece nor the disaster that the film's most vocal viewers are bound to claim. Rather, it's an admirably strange, thematically muddled curiosity from a talented filmmaker who allows his ambitions to outpace his execution."[44] David Edelstein of Vulture praised Pugh's performance as "amazingly vivid" and noted that Aster "paces Midsommar more like an opera (Wagner, not Puccini) than a scare picture," but concluded that the film "doesn't jell because its impulses are so bifurcated. It's a parable of a woman's religious awakening—that's also a woman's fantasy of revenge against a man who didn't meet her emotional needs—that's also a male director's masochistic fantasy of emasculation at the hands of a matriarchal cult."[7] In The New York Times, Manohla Dargis was critical of the character depth behind Dani and Christian, finding them "instructively uninteresting" and stereotypically gendered as a couple.[45]

Eric Kohn of IndieWire summarized the film as a "perverse breakup movie," adding that "Aster doesn't always sink the biggest surprises, but he excels at twisting the knife. After a deflowering that makes Ken Russell's The Devils look tame, Aster finds his way to a startling reality check."[46] Time Out's Joshua Rothkopf awarded the film a 5/5 star-rating, writing, "A savage yet evolved slice of Swedish folk-horror, Ari Aster's hallucinatory follow-up to Hereditary proves him a horror director with no peer."[47]

For The A.V. Club, A. A. Dowd stated that the film "rivals Hereditary in the cruel shock department", and labelled it a "B+ effort".[48] Writing for Inverse, Eric Francisco commented that the film feels "like a victory lap after Hereditary", and that Aster "takes his sweet time to lull viewers into his clutches ... But like how the characters experience time, its passage is a vague notion." He described the film as "a sharp portrayal of gaslighting".[49] Richard Brody of The New Yorker said that the film "is built on such a void of insight and experience, such a void of character and relationships, that even the first level of the house of narrative cards can't stand." He added, "In the end, the subject of Midsommar is as simple as it is regressive: lucky Americans, stay home."[50] Emma Madden in The Guardian criticised the film for its depiction of disabled characters as "monstrous", and argued it resurrects harmful horror film tropes of ableism and eugenics.[51]

Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert.com rated the film 4 out of 4 stars, describing it as a "terrifically juicy, apocalyptic cinematic sacrament that dances around a fruitless relationship in dizzying circles".[52] A Vanity Fair article from December 2019 reflecting on the 2010s in horror films argued that Midsommar was part of a trend of "elevated horror" along with Aster's previous Hereditary and Robert Eggers directed The Witch, and that it was an example of "horror at its best".[53]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Gotham Independent Film Awards December 2, 2019 Best Actress Florence Pugh Nominated [54]
Best Screenplay Ari Aster Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association January 9, 2020 Best Horror Midsommar Nominated [55]
Independent Spirit Awards February 8, 2020 Best Cinematography Pawel Pogorzelski Nominated [56]
Ivor Novello Awards September 2, 2020 Best Original Score Bobby Krlic Won [57]
National Society of Film Critics January 4, 2020 Best Actress Florence Pugh 3rd place [58]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 17, 2020 Virtuoso Award Florence Pugh Won [59]
Saturn Awards October 26, 2021 Best Horror Film Midsommar Nominated [60]

Themes and analysis

 
Swedish illustrator John Bauer's Stackars lilla Basse! appears in an early scene in the film; Vox proposes it hints at later moments in the film, while also aligning with the film's fairy tale style.[61]

Writing in The Guardian, Steve Rose describes Midsommar as "a powerful study of grief, betrayal, breakups, and more." Rose suggests that Dani's three male companions may be seen as representing "toxic masculinity", or analogues of the three male companions in The Wizard of Oz (namely the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow). Rose proposes that the film may be read as a "parable of snarky, city-smart, modern rationalism undone by primal rural values". Alternatively, he proposes that the villagers' traditions could be read as far-right, white nationalist or eugenicist.[8]

In Vox, Alissa Wilkinson described Midsommar's story as following Dani's emotional journey and following fairy tale conventions, where Dani loses her family at the beginning and goes on to become a Queen, as with Cinderella and Snow White. The article also notes the use of imagery foreshadowing later events throughout the film.[61] Aster himself said "We begin as Dani loses a family, and we end as Dani gains one. And so, for better or worse, [the Hårga] are there to provide exactly what she is lacking, and exactly what she needs, in true fairy tale fashion."[10]

Monica Wolfe discussed Midsommar as reflecting themes of globalization and American imperialism in a 2022 article in the Journal of Popular Film and Television. Wolfe outlines the film's competing ideologies of femininity versus masculinity, academic knowledge versus folk knowledge, and capitalism versus communism, writing that "the horror of the film is driven by the objectified Other’s resistance to the imperial power’s desire to dominate physical place and own ideological space, but is complicated by a suggestion that, in this unique case, the Other is also a nationalist, right-wing power, and the tension between home and foreign reflects that of a new Cold War."[62]

The film's central sex scene, between Christian and Maja, has been the subject of debate as to whether it depicts rape. An article in Sexuality & Culture asserts that "the ambiguous nature of this scene may be viewed as problematic because it blurs the line between consent and sexual assault" and that the film has implications for contemporary understandings of rape, particularly of males.[63]

See also

  • The Wicker Man, a 1973 British folk horror film revolving around a pagan cult.

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Not to be confused with the 2003 film Midsommer For the season see midsummer Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster The film stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a dysfunctional couple who travel to Sweden with a group of friends for a midsummer festival only to find themselves in the clutches of a sinister cult practicing Scandinavian paganism Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper Vilhelm Blomgren Ellora Torchia Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter MidsommarTheatrical release posterDirected byAri AsterWritten byAri AsterProduced byPatrik Andersson Lars KnudsenStarringFlorence Pugh Jack Reynor William Jackson Harper Vilhelm Blomgren Ellora Torchia Archie Madekwe Will PoulterCinematographyPawel PogorzelskiEdited byLucian JohnstonMusic byBobby KrlicProductioncompaniesSquare Peg B Reel Films A24Distributed byA24 United States Nordisk Film Sweden Release datesJune 18 2019 2019 06 18 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema July 3 2019 2019 07 03 United States Running time148 minutesCountriesUnited States Sweden 1 LanguageEnglish 2 Budget 9 million 3 Box office 48 million 3 A co production between the United States and Sweden the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set among Swedish cultists While elements of the original concept remain in the final product the film s plot centers on a deteriorating relationship inspired by a difficult breakup which Aster himself experienced The soundtrack composed by British electronic musician Bobby Krlic better known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak takes inspiration from Nordic folk music The film was shot on location in Budapest in the summer and autumn of 2018 Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3 2019 by A24 and in Sweden on July 10 2019 by Nordisk Film The film grossed 48 million and received critical acclaim with praise for Aster s direction and Pugh s performance in particular Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Filming 3 3 Props and costume design 3 4 Post production 4 Music 5 Release 5 1 Director s cut 5 2 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Box office 6 2 Audience reception 6 3 Critical response 6 4 Accolades 7 Themes and analysis 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksPlot EditAmerican psychology student Dani Ardor is left deeply traumatized after her sister commits a murder suicide by filling the house with carbon monoxide killing herself and her parents The incident further strains Dani s relationship with her increasingly distant boyfriend of four years cultural anthropology student Christian As summer approaches she learns that Christian and fellow students Mark and Josh have been invited by their Swedish friend Pelle to attend a midsummer festival at his ancestral commune the Harga in rural Halsingland Sweden The festival occurs only once every 90 years and Josh who is writing his thesis on European midsummer festivities regards it as a once in a lifetime opportunity Christian had not discussed the trip with Dani as he intended to break up with her before the tragedy with her family After an argument he reluctantly invites her along Upon arrival at the commune they meet Simon and Connie a couple from London who were invited by Pelle s communal brother Ingemar He offers the group psychedelic mushrooms and Dani has a bad trip hallucinating about her dead family The day after their arrival the group witnesses an attestupa ceremony where two elders commit suicide by jumping from a cliff onto the rocks below When one of the elders survives the fall the commune members mimic his wails of pain and promptly mercy kill him by bludgeoning his skull with a mallet Commune elder Siv attempts to calm Connie and Simon by explaining that every member of their community does this at the age of 72 and believes it to be a great honor Christian also decides to write his thesis on the Harga commune irritating Josh for plagiarizing his idea Bothered by the ceremonies Dani attempts to leave but is convinced to stay by Pelle He explains that he too was orphaned after his parents perished in a fire and the commune became his new family Connie and Simon demand to leave and are supposedly driven to a nearby train station one at a time During his thesis research Christian is told that to avoid incest outsiders are sometimes brought into the commune for mating purposes He is propositioned and encouraged to participate but refuses After unwittingly urinating on a sacred tree Mark is lured away from the group by one of the female commune members That night Josh sneaks out of bed to secretly photograph one of the commune s sacred texts despite being forbidden by an elder from doing so Josh has his head bludgeoned and dragged away when he is caught and distracted by a man wearing Mark s corpse s skinned face The following day both Dani and Christian are separately coerced into taking a hallucinogenic drink Dani wins a maypole dancing competition and is crowned May Queen Afterward Christian is drugged and participates in a copulation ritual designed to impregnate Maja a young member of the Harga while older nude female members watch and mimic Maja s moans Dani witnesses the ritual and has a panic attack while the commune s women surround her mimicking her cries of sorrow After the ritual a nude Christian tries to flee He discovers Josh s severed leg planted in a flowerbed and Simon s corpse on display in a barn after being subjected to a blood eagle Christian is then paralyzed by an elder For the final ceremony the commune leaders explain that the commune must offer nine human sacrifices to purge it of its evil The first four victims Mark Josh Simon and Connie are outsiders lured to them by Pelle and Ingemar while the next four victims must be from the commune As May Queen Dani must choose either Christian or a commune member to be the final sacrifice She chooses Christian who is stuffed into a disemboweled brown bear s body and placed in a triangular wooden temple alongside other sacrifices The commune members to be sacrificed are given drugs and told it will prevent them from feeling fear or suffering but Christian is not and remains unable to move The structure is set alight and the commune members mimic the screams and wails of agony of those being burned alive Dani initially sobs in horror and grief but then she gradually begins to smile Cast Edit Florence Pugh Jack Reynor Florence Pugh as Dani Jack Reynor as Christian Will Poulter as Mark William Jackson Harper as Josh Vilhelm Blomgren as Pelle Archie Madekwe as Simon Ellora Torchia as Connie Gunnel Fred as Siv Isabelle Grill as Maja Lars Varinger as Sten Henrik Norlen as Ulf Anders Beckman as Arne Julia Ragnarsson as Inga Anki Larsson as Irma Anna Astrom as Karin Liv Mjones as Ulla Mats Blomgren as Odd Louise Peterhoff as Hanna Agnes Rase as Dagny Katarina Weidhagen as Ylva Bjorn Andresen as Dan Lennart R Svensson as Mats Tove Skeidsvoll as Majvor Anders Back as Valentin Dag Andersson as SvenProduction EditDevelopment Edit Director and writer Ari Aster In May 2018 it was announced that Ari Aster would write and direct the film with Lars Knudsen serving as producer B Reel Films a Swedish company produced the film alongside Square Peg with A24 distributing 4 Aster s previous horror film Hereditary had been a huge critical success making over 80 million to become A24 s highest grossing film worldwide 5 According to Aster he had been approached by B Reel executives Martin Karlqvist and Patrik Andersson 6 to helm a slasher film set in Sweden an idea which he initially rejected as he felt he had no way into the story 7 Aster ultimately devised a plot in which the two central characters are experiencing relationship tensions verging on a breakup and wrote the surrounding screenplay around this theme He described the result as a breakup movie dressed in the clothes of a folk horror film 7 Aster has mentioned 1981 Albert Brooks film Modern Romance as an inspiration for Midsommar and also called it The Wizard of Oz for perverts 8 Aster worked with the film s production designer Henrik Svensson to develop the film s folklore elements and the traditions of the Harga while visiting Halsingland together 9 10 He researched Halsingegards centuries old farms that typically had painting on the walls to develop a stylized version for the set as well as midsummer celebrations in Swedish German and English folklore Aster also researched spiritual movements and communities saying he particularly drew inspiration from Rudolf Steiner s anthroposophy and the theosophy movement 10 Florence Pugh Jack Reynor Will Poulter Vilhem Blomgren William Jackson Harper Ellora Torchia and Archie Madekwe joined the cast in July 2018 11 12 Filming Edit Some early scenes set in the United States were also filmed there Dani s apartment was filmed in Brooklyn New York City as is the location in the film whilst other scenes where Christian s friends interact were filmed in Utah 9 The majority of the film was shot in Hungary rather than Sweden primarily due to financial constraints but also as Sweden limits daily film shoots to no longer than 8 hours 9 Principal photography began on July 30 2018 in Budapest and wrapped in October 2018 13 Harper said the shoot was arduous due to the heat 14 Wasps were highly abundant and a major issue on set 14 15 Pugh reflected the shoot was totally nuts and commended Aster s direction he was dealing with possibly 100 120 people additional extras and actors there all speaking in three different languages and he was the captain of the ship 16 Ahead of filming the drug use scenes Reynor said that the cast discussed their own experiences with psychedelic mushrooms 6 On her breakdown scene with the Harga Pugh commended the other women involved saying they made this scene possible as she typically struggles to cry on camera She reflected I knew I would never be so open and so raw and so exhausted like I was that day ever again 17 The sex scene between Christian and Maja was shot on the final day 15 Reynor said he spent time attempting to boost morale among the other cast members involved none of whom spoke English including Isabelle Grill Maja who was appearing in her first feature film role He reflected he felt male nudity was unusual for a horror film where female nudity is more typical He said that he advocated for as much full frontal nudity as possible I really wanted to embrace the feeling of being exposed and the humiliation of this character And I felt really really vulnerable more than I had actually even anticipated 6 Props and costume design Edit Svensson said that the mallet prop used for the senicide scene was a replica of one at a museum in Stockholm and that the cliff jumping was based on historic practices in Sweden 6 Costume designer Andrea Flesch developed the Harga s costumes with antique linen from Hungary and Romania and buttons from Sweden 6 Aster asked for the clothing to appear handmade and for the Harga to dress in white Many of their costumes were hand embroidered with rune designs unique to individual community members and signifying their families and occupations 6 Murals and tapestries in the background of some scenes indicate events in the film 6 In April 2020 A24 announced it would be auctioning off props from its films and television series including the 10 000 silk flower May Queen dress worn by Florence Pugh which was reportedly purchased by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for 65 000 after both Ariana Grande and Halsey had expressed interest on social media 18 The proceeds were donated to provide COVID 19 pandemic relief for firefighters and their families 18 Other items from the film that sold at auction were the bear headdress worn by Jack Reynor for 4 760 the mallet used to crush a cult member s skull for 10 000 and other villager costumes that sold in the 4 500 range All the proceeds from the Midsommar collection raised over 100 000 for the FDNY Foundation 19 Post production Edit Aster said that the visual effects for the psychedelic scenes involved considerable trial and error I m sure for some of those shots we got to the point where we had 60 versions In one iteration the tripping was way too distracting and you re not paying attention to the characters and then you brought it down to the point where if you are paying attention to the characters you ll never notice the tripping effects The more minimal visual effects were settled on a week before the first screening 6 There was around a six week debate as to whether the film would be given an NC 17 or R rating by the MPAA for its US release due to its graphic nudity with it eventually being given an R rating after cuts an NC 17 rating is considered harmful to films box office performance 20 Music Edit Aster recruited electronic musician Bobby Krlic The Haxan Cloak to compose the film s score having written the film while listening to Krlic s 2013 album Excavation Aster wrote the film while listening to British electronic musician The Haxan Cloak s 2013 album Excavation Aster later recruited him to compose the film s score credited under his real name Bobby Krlic Krlic began composing the music before filming began taking inspiration from Nordic folk music and collaborating closely with Aster The film makes use of diegetic music where events on screen meld with the score 21 22 23 The soundtrack album was released on July 5 2019 via Milan Records 24 Release EditMidsommar had a pre release screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in New York City on June 18 2019 25 The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 3 2019 26 Director s cut Edit Aster s original 171 minute cut of the film which A24 asked Aster to trim down for a wide theatrical release had its world premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City on August 20 2019 27 It was shown in theaters across the United States for a weekend starting on August 29 2019 The director s cut was released as an Apple TV exclusive on September 24 2019 28 On physical media it saw a British release on Blu ray and DVD on October 28 2019 29 an Australian Blu ray release on November 6 2019 30 and a US release on Blu ray in July 2020 31 Home media Edit Midsommar was released on Digital HD on September 24 2019 and on DVD and Blu ray on October 8 2019 32 The director s cut of the film was then released on Blu ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu ray as an A24 shop exclusive on July 20 2020 in limited copies 33 Reception EditBox office Edit Midsommar grossed 27 5 million in the United States and Canada and 20 5 million in other territories for a total worldwide gross of 48 million 3 In the United States and Canada the film was projected to gross 8 10 million from 2 707 theaters over its first five days 34 It made 3 million on its first day including 1 1 million from Tuesday night previews which Deadline Hollywood called a smashing start 35 36 It went on to debut to 10 9 million finishing sixth at the box office IndieWire said it was just decent given its estimated 8 million budget but the film would likely find success in home media 37 38 In its second weekend the film dropped 44 to 3 7 million finishing in eighth 39 and then made 1 6 million in its third weekend finishing in ninth 40 Audience reception Edit Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of C on an A to F scale while those at PostTrak gave it an average 3 out of 5 stars with 50 saying they would definitely recommend it 35 Critical response Edit Florence Pugh garnered critical acclaim for her performance as Dani Ardor On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 83 based on 400 reviews and an average rating of 7 6 10 The site s critical consensus reads Ambitious impressively crafted and above all unsettling Midsommar further proves writer director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with 41 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on 54 reviews indicating generally favorable reviews 42 John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as the horror equivalent of a destination wedding and more unsettling than frightening but still a trip worth taking 43 Writing for Variety Andrew Barker noted that it is neither the masterpiece nor the disaster that the film s most vocal viewers are bound to claim Rather it s an admirably strange thematically muddled curiosity from a talented filmmaker who allows his ambitions to outpace his execution 44 David Edelstein of Vulture praised Pugh s performance as amazingly vivid and noted that Aster paces Midsommar more like an opera Wagner not Puccini than a scare picture but concluded that the film doesn t jell because its impulses are so bifurcated It s a parable of a woman s religious awakening that s also a woman s fantasy of revenge against a man who didn t meet her emotional needs that s also a male director s masochistic fantasy of emasculation at the hands of a matriarchal cult 7 In The New York Times Manohla Dargis was critical of the character depth behind Dani and Christian finding them instructively uninteresting and stereotypically gendered as a couple 45 Eric Kohn of IndieWire summarized the film as a perverse breakup movie adding that Aster doesn t always sink the biggest surprises but he excels at twisting the knife After a deflowering that makes Ken Russell s The Devils look tame Aster finds his way to a startling reality check 46 Time Out s Joshua Rothkopf awarded the film a 5 5 star rating writing A savage yet evolved slice of Swedish folk horror Ari Aster s hallucinatory follow up to Hereditary proves him a horror director with no peer 47 For The A V Club A A Dowd stated that the film rivals Hereditary in the cruel shock department and labelled it a B effort 48 Writing for Inverse Eric Francisco commented that the film feels like a victory lap after Hereditary and that Aster takes his sweet time to lull viewers into his clutches But like how the characters experience time its passage is a vague notion He described the film as a sharp portrayal of gaslighting 49 Richard Brody of The New Yorker said that the film is built on such a void of insight and experience such a void of character and relationships that even the first level of the house of narrative cards can t stand He added In the end the subject of Midsommar is as simple as it is regressive lucky Americans stay home 50 Emma Madden in The Guardian criticised the film for its depiction of disabled characters as monstrous and argued it resurrects harmful horror film tropes of ableism and eugenics 51 Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert com rated the film 4 out of 4 stars describing it as a terrifically juicy apocalyptic cinematic sacrament that dances around a fruitless relationship in dizzying circles 52 A Vanity Fair article from December 2019 reflecting on the 2010s in horror films argued that Midsommar was part of a trend of elevated horror along with Aster s previous Hereditary and Robert Eggers directed The Witch and that it was an example of horror at its best 53 Accolades Edit Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient s Result Ref s Gotham Independent Film Awards December 2 2019 Best Actress Florence Pugh Nominated 54 Best Screenplay Ari Aster NominatedHollywood Critics Association January 9 2020 Best Horror Midsommar Nominated 55 Independent Spirit Awards February 8 2020 Best Cinematography Pawel Pogorzelski Nominated 56 Ivor Novello Awards September 2 2020 Best Original Score Bobby Krlic Won 57 National Society of Film Critics January 4 2020 Best Actress Florence Pugh 3rd place 58 Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 17 2020 Virtuoso Award Florence Pugh Won 59 Saturn Awards October 26 2021 Best Horror Film Midsommar Nominated 60 Themes and analysis Edit Swedish illustrator John Bauer s Stackars lilla Basse appears in an early scene in the film Vox proposes it hints at later moments in the film while also aligning with the film s fairy tale style 61 Writing in The Guardian Steve Rose describes Midsommar as a powerful study of grief betrayal breakups and more Rose suggests that Dani s three male companions may be seen as representing toxic masculinity or analogues of the three male companions in The Wizard of Oz namely the Tin Man Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow Rose proposes that the film may be read as a parable of snarky city smart modern rationalism undone by primal rural values Alternatively he proposes that the villagers traditions could be read as far right white nationalist or eugenicist 8 In Vox Alissa Wilkinson described Midsommar s story as following Dani s emotional journey and following fairy tale conventions where Dani loses her family at the beginning and goes on to become a Queen as with Cinderella and Snow White The article also notes the use of imagery foreshadowing later events throughout the film 61 Aster himself said We begin as Dani loses a family and we end as Dani gains one And so for better or worse the Harga are there to provide exactly what she is lacking and exactly what she needs in true fairy tale fashion 10 Monica Wolfe discussed Midsommar as reflecting themes of globalization and American imperialism in a 2022 article in the Journal of Popular Film and Television Wolfe outlines the film s competing ideologies of femininity versus masculinity academic knowledge versus folk knowledge and capitalism versus communism writing that the horror of the film is driven by the objectified Other s resistance to the imperial power s desire to dominate physical place and own ideological space but is complicated by a suggestion that in this unique case the Other is also a nationalist right wing power and the tension between home and foreign reflects that of a new Cold War 62 The film s central sex scene between Christian and Maja has been the subject of debate as to whether it depicts rape An article in Sexuality amp Culture asserts that the ambiguous nature of this scene may be viewed as problematic because it blurs the line between consent and sexual assault and that the film has implications for contemporary understandings of rape particularly of males 63 See also EditThe Wicker Man a 1973 British folk horror film revolving around a pagan cult References Edit Midsommar 2019 British Film Institute Retrieved July 18 2021 Midsommar BBFC Retrieved July 18 2021 a b c Midsommar 2019 Box Office Mojo IMDb Archived from the original on August 12 2019 Retrieved October 6 2019 Fleming Mike Jr May 8 2018 A24 Pacts For Hereditary Helmer Ari Aster s Next Horror Film Deadline Hollywood Archived from the original on July 14 2018 Retrieved July 30 2018 Donnelly Matt June 19 2019 Midsommar Traumatizes Early Audiences But in a Good Way Variety Archived from the original on December 5 2019 Retrieved July 1 2019 a b c d e f g h Olsen Mark July 4 2019 Midsommar explained The filmmakers unpack the sex rituals and shocking ending Los Angeles Times Retrieved July 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