The official MPAA rating for Ari Aster‘s new horror film Midsommar (our review) has arrived, and it should probably come as no surprise whatsoever that it has received a hard “R” rating.
Specifically, the film has been rated R for:
- Disturbing ritualistic violence
- Grisly images
- Strong sexual content
- Graphic nudity
- Drug use
- Language
Jordan Peele had recently raved that Midsommar was home to some “atrociously disturbing imagery,” and it sounds like the MPAA agrees with him. We hope you’re ready for this one!
Aster’s new film stars Jack Reynor, Will Poulter and Florence Pugh with Vilhem Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Ellora Torchia and Archie Madekwe.
“Pugh and Reynor will play a couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.”
Midsommar begins on July 3.
Finally reached an agreement with the MPAA 🙂 #Midsommar pic.twitter.com/FVk28f8T1g
— A24 (@A24) June 25, 2019
