We saw Ari Aster's Midsommar last night, and I am so glad we did. It was everything I had hoped for and so much more. At 2h 27m, you kind of have to make a whole big thing of it, but honestly there wasn't a single wasted moment. It all went toward furthering the story and/or building tension. Here's the synopsis from A24's website : " Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing. From the visionary mind of Ari Aster comes a dre...
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