![]() If Hereditary was a thematic exploration of inescapable fate, Midsommar is a tighter, more centered thematic reflection on emotional dependence. Entering the ethereal fog of Hårga perhaps a metaphor for willfully indulging in our clouded judgment to escape our fears. The inclusion of this overarching idea bears a universal relevance to how we can behave in the midst of the most toxic relationships. The director goes on to describe the film as almost a perverse wish-fulfillment fantasy. It's uncomfortable, unpleasant, but ultimately, cathartic. If you've gone through a break-up recently, it may resonate even stronger. Aster taps into a dark and vulnerable place-he opens the door to chests you may have locked away and have had no intention of coming back to. If Satan and Cannibal Corpse got together to shoot Blue Valentine in Sweden, I'd imagine it would be something like Midsommar. ![]() Jack Reynor, a critical piece to this opera as the unlikeable and detached boyfriend, also delivers in a solid performance that leaves us conflicted, or at the very least, challenged. Her character has an air of desperation to her. Her part as Dani demands an incredible range and her commitment to the role is apparent. Florence Pugh portrays and embodies isolation and anxiety so effectively that the ideas feel nearly concrete. Like Hereditary before it, the casting is exceptional. As the characters embark on a mushroom trip and grow weightless and spacey, so do we get entranced by the beautiful Swedish settings and sounds-at times indistinguishable from flutes being played by characters on-screen, and at other times, woven with a spell-binding aural hypnosis (listen to "Attestupan" without falling into a meditative trip). Yet the film establishes its own rhythm and pacing. It unveils itself unapologetically, as if the filmmaker has no intention of hiding anything from us in the first place (the entire movie is visually depicted almost constantly in the background on walls or tapestries). Midsommar is not a mystery or suspense movie. It is a meditation on human belonging an operatic catharsis played on the strings of emotional dependency a journey both inward and outward, to finally let go of something that was never meant to be. It's about anxiety, fear of abandonment, and moving on. ![]() At its core, the film is about a young woman who copes with crippling anxiety rooted in a desperate and fearful need for love as she comes to terms with the end of a relationship. Aster has delivered a psychedelic genre-defying horror fable that wins its audience by creeping into our darkest corners of angst, longing, and loneliness. ![]() this encapsulates the mood of Ari Aster's Midsommar. this slight loss of footing, dip in reality, always feeling somewhat displaced and perpetually unsettled. This loss of touch with who we are when the world around us suddenly disappears. ![]() Perhaps more importantly, a lack of belonging is when we begin to lose sense of ourselves and who we are. Belonging fundamentally allows us to form our own sense of identity, establish social connections through community, and provides us with love, attention, security, and purpose. The human brain is not meant to be alone we are evolved to be a part of something. Do you feel held?" One of the most universal and innately human desires is a sense of belonging. ![]()
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