Midsommar

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Paul and Amy bear it all for Ari Aster’s 2019 folk horror film Midsommar! They applaud the work of the entirely Swedish background cast, discuss the film’s accurate portrayal of grief, and reminisce about eating macaroni with ketchup while studying abroad in Sweden. Plus: A few thoughts on star Florence Pugh’s latest, Don’t Worry Darling. Next week, our horror series continues with Hellraiser! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]!

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0:00.0	The year is 2019.
0:03.7	And don't worry about that bear.
0:06.4	The movie, mid-summer.
0:08.4	The
0:27.8	Hello everyone and welcome to unspooved.
0:32.8	I'm Amy Nicholson and I'm Paul Sheer and this is the show where we are trying to find the hundred best movies.
0:37.8	When we do, we are going to send them into outer space.
0:40.8	Last week Amy, you and I spent a long time debating, horse trading, adding and subtracting films from our list of a hundred films.
0:49.6	And I got to say it is now in our listeners' hands.
0:53.6	They have a few things in front of them and we're going to give them a beat to register their votes, to make their voices heard.
1:01.6	And next week I think we should have another look at the list, a list that has now been peer-reviewed.
1:08.6	And see where we're lacking, what we want to be focused on in the future as we move forward with the show.
1:16.6	Yeah, yeah, to actually take a real exhale.
1:18.6	It's been a while since I think I've combed through what we call it.
1:23.6	The great end of season one, Cole, where we just absolutely savaged and destroyed the A or F.I.List.
1:28.6	Well, I was very surprised last week to find out we didn't have any animated films on that list.
1:33.6	And I think there are a few fun gaping holes in there that we can tie.
1:37.6	One gaping hole, is that the name of your movie?
1:39.6	Well, that's actually a reference to Mid-Somar and the bear.
1:43.6	But we'll get to that in a little bit.
1:46.6	But, you know, yeah, I'm excited to kind of break it down.
1:50.6	But I really want to take in everybody's response to this.
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