Brave, Sweet, Heartful, Emotional, Hilarious

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2020)

One of the few much awaited 2019's movies I didn't get to see before making my "Top 10 of the year" lists, but boy was it sure to end up there. "Jojo Rabbit" is a beautiful blend of dark and inventive satire, sweet and dear themes of childhood, romance and parenting & hilariously wacky comedy, as well as another great addition to Taika Waititi's successful and heartful filmography.
I think it's fair to say that "Jojo Rabbit" is a brave movie, it hits the nail right on the head by clothing the controversial nazi themes in a creative anti-hate satire - and #@%k those critics who saw something else, I wholeheartedly disagree that "the terrible truth gets buried in this movie".
You kinda see where most of the story will go & all the inevitabilities, but it's well tailored, dynamic and very enjoyable. Waititi orchestrates the whole concept gloriously well. The entire cast provides lively and awesome performances, Roman Griffin Davis shines in what could be one of the best child actor performances, Scarlett Johanson and Sam Rockwell amused me endlessly, Taika Waititi himself always knows exactly what he's doing, and, fact is, nothing but props to the whole cast. Pacing's even, action's awesome & the story provides a good chance that you'll both laugh and cry. On a side note, I was very mistaken by thinking all this time that Taika Waititi wrote the story himself, little did I know it's actually based on a novel. Every aesthetical value of "Jojo Rabbit" adds to it greatly, the production design is all thought through to the detail, cinematography's solid & so is original score along with the soundtrack, from which three songs have already been added to my playlists.
"Jojo Rabbit" is an emotional drama while also being a hilarious and sweet comedy, and, surely, it's one of the better satire examples in filmmaking. It felt like falling somewhere between a 9 and a 10, but then they ended it with my favorite David Bowie song, and, well, that does it. My rating: 10/10.