Sid V πͺοΈβs review published on Letterboxd:
π§‘ = Technical Merit (Direction | Cinematography | Editing | Production Design & Art Direction | Make-up, Costumes & Visual Effects)
π§‘ = Artistic Vision (Mood & Atmosphere | Symbolism & Metaphor | Complexity)
π§‘ = Personal Affect (Emotional Response & Resonance | Influence or Change in Perspective | Message Poignancy)
***SPOILER ALERT***
In the same way that Aster inverts the notion of "family" in his debut feature Hereditary-- warping it from a source of comfort and support into an agent of stress and outright terror, he turns the fully daylit, explosively colorful, bright palette of Midsommar into an oppressive, inescapable tormentor.
Horror As Analogy, Metaphor and More... π§ββοΈ