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" Directed by: Ari Aster Produced by: Patrik Andersson, Thomas Benski, Fredrik Heinig, Lars Knudsen, Pelle Nilsson, Ben Rimmer, and Phillip Westgren Written by: Ari Aster Cinematography: Pawel Pogorzelski Edited by: Lucian Johnston Music by: Bobby Krlic Distributed by: A24 Entertainment"
"A couple travel to Sweden to visit one of their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult. This movie starts out fairly well with an undeniably disturbing scene that acts as an interesting setup for both the characters and what would seem to be the underlying theme of the piece. Unfortunately, it steeply goes downhill once the characters arriv"
"For a person living in a Nordic country next to Sweden, this movie often feels like a joke in the same way the opening of Jalmari Helander's Big Game has a gorgeous mountain vista with a big title card stating that we're now in Finland. This is exposition for everyone but Finnish people, who laugh at the joke because the biggest mountain we have is basically a slightly larger hill. Every time the Swedish people do kooky things or perform occasionally true-to-life rituals, it's hard not to view i"