Midsommar

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Synopsis

Horror/Thriller. A group of friends (Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter) travel to Sweden to take part in a nine day midsummer festival.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context, some in an aggressive context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence, some in a suicide or disturbing context, some involving animals – blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast and buttock nudity, detail
• Infrequent buttock and male and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context; brief female genital nudity in an artistic context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal substance use, most in a recreational context – some detail

Thematic elements

• Grief and loss
• Loneliness and isolation
• Sacrifice and survival

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for gory and disturbing violence as well as detailed sexual content

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