Sydney Morning Herald
Jojo Rabbit is bold in its inversion of expectations and its reimagining of a familiar subject. There's nothing trivial about it.
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Jojo Rabbit
WWII black comedy from writer-director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople), who also stars as a little boy's imaginary friend: Adolf Hitler. Winner of the People's Choice Award at Toronto Film Festival 2019 and Best Adapted Screenplay at both the 2020 Oscars and BAFTAs.
The world view of a lonely German boy, a Hitler Youth, is upended when he discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace) in their attic. Aided only by his moronic imaginary friend, Hitler, Jojo starts to confront his blind nationalism.
Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards 2020 and BAFTAs 2020; Grolsch People's Choice Award, Toronto Film Festival 2019
2019Rating: M, Mature themes, violence and coarse language108 minsUSA, Germany
ComedyDramaWar
- Director:
- Taika Waititi ('Thor: Ragnarok', 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople', 'Boy')
- Writer:
- Taika Waititi
- Cast:
- Roman Griffin DavisTaika WaititiThomasin McKenzieScarlett JohanssonRebel WilsonStephen MerchantAlfie AllenSam Rockwell
Jojo Rabbit / Reviews
Sydney Morning Herald
Jojo Rabbit is bold in its inversion of expectations and its reimagining of a familiar subject. There's nothing trivial about it.
Full review
Stuff
In the end, the audience will leave uplifted by this enthralling, entertaining plea for tolerance and know that they've seen a very Waititi take on World War II (Bowie tracks, robots and all).
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Newshub
If there was ever a time for a story which does nothing but spread love not hate, that time is right now. The bond between mother and son, between new friends and old ones and the idea that we have to mend the self-made fissures in humanity generation by generation - it’s all here. JoJo Rabbit will wrap you up in the cinematic group hug that laughing and crying together in a dark theatre can bring.
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Collider
Taika Waititi scores again thanks to his signature style of comedy, excellent cast, and message of love and hope.
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Hollywood Reporter
Just as it was easy to like 1999 multiple Oscar winner Life Is Beautiful, it was even easier to dislike it, and the same holds true for Jojo Rabbit...
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Variety
It's a feel-good movie, all right, but one that uses the fake danger of defanged black comedy to leave us feeling good about the fact that we're above a feel-good movie.
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The Guardian
What Waititi thinks is shockingly audacious is in fact frustratingly timid, he opts for a gentle prod when maybe a punch would do.
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Los Angeles Times
[I]f "Jojo Rabbit" has anything to teach us, it's that sniffles can be an even greater divider.
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Vanity Fair
Jojo Rabbit is more of a roast than a reckoning, which I suppose would be fine if it were only aiming for comedy. But this is a movie with lofty humanist ideas.
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Time Out
In its precision, Jojo Rabbit may remind you of Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, another comedy in which clownish forces of fascism squared off against love, humour and elegance - both movies feel like they come from the same universe.
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