
Movie review
Midsommar
Woke Score
Lower is better
- Release Date
- July 3, 2019
- Age Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 147 min
Where to Watch
United States · Last checked 5/14/2026
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Breakdown
Factors & Ratings
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Midsommar.
Representation / casting choices
Casting fits the rural Swedish world and American friend group naturally; one supporting role filled without visible signaling or mismatch to story logic.
Political / ideological dialogue
Conversations stay personal around grief and relationships; no activist language or ideological arguments appear.
Identity-driven story themes
Focus remains on individual trauma and relational breakdown; any empowerment arc stays twisted inside horror and carries no modern identity framing.
Institutional / cultural critique
Shows American visitors as clumsy and entitled in personal ways, but presents this as folk-horror observation rather than activist critique of patriarchy, whiteness, or institutions.
