15 Most Overrated Horror Films Since 2000
6. Midsommar
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% (Average Score: 7.55/10)
IMDb: 7.1
Chances are, the more you think about Midsommar, the less you'll like it.
It's incredibly well-made, Florence Pugh is brilliant and the supporting cast are strong too, so Midsommar works on a visceral level, but what about dramatically? Well... not really.
Ultimately, Midsommar is just a series of ludicrous gross-out moments that are apparently meant to reflect the breakdown in protagonist Dani's (Florence Pugh) mental state and relationship, but they're really just shock for shock's sake scenes and little else. Midsommar seems to think it's a lot smarter than it actually is and it's incredibly off-putting.
Unlike Hereditary, Aster's debut, this lacks compelling human drama and is entirely style-over-substance. At the end of the film it doesn't feel like we've learnt or gained anything from the experience.
This is particularly damaging since Midsommar is a gratuitously unpleasant film that opens up with a horrific murder-suicide scene (which also presents an incredibly offensive, inaccurate representation of Bipolar disorder) but it fails to ever reward viewers for their endurance.
Overall, there are great things in Midsommar but since the writing is so flawed, it feels far too generous to call it one of the decade's best horror films.