Midsommar: The Director's Cut

Midsommar: The Director's Cut

2019, NR, 171 min. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter.

Not reviewed at press time. Didn't get enough of Swedish religious cults the first time? With the first edit still in theatres, Ari Aster (Hereditary) inserts another half hour of feasting, sacrifice, and academic debate.

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

Support the Chronicle  

READ MORE
More Ari Aster Films
Beau Is Afraid
Joaquin Phoenix is the understated fool in this bloated Oedipal epic

Richard Whittaker, April 21, 2023

Midsommar
Ari Aster’s folk-horror excursion to Scandinavia never sees the forest for the trees

Richard Whittaker, July 5, 2019

KEYWORDS FOR THIS FILM

Midsommar: The Director's Cut, Ari Aster, Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter

MORE IN THE ARCHIVES
One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle