Quirky Dark Comedy

Rating: 6/10 (10 November 2019)

I saw "Jojo Rabbit", starring Roman Griffin Davis-in his first movie; Scarlett Johansson-the Avengers movies, Eight Legged Freaks; Sam Rockwell-Vice, Cowboys & Aliens and Taika Waititi-What We Do in the Shadows, Green Lantern.
This is a quirky dark comedy about WW2. Roman plays a 10 year old boy in Nazi Germany during WW2 that is in a Hitler youth camp-they train children to become Nazi soldiers. Sam plays one of the teachers that instills hatred of the Jewish persuasion into their young naive minds. Things such as that Jews have magic powers, can control minds, hang from the ceiling like bats to sleep, etc. Scarlett plays Roman's mother, who does not share those beliefs. In fact, Scarlett gives refuge to a Jewish girl by hiding her in the attic but she doesn't tell Roman because of his schooling, so when he finds her hiding place, there is a dilemma. Should he turn her in, like a good Nazi? Or if he does, will his mother get in trouble for hiding her? Taika plays Roman's imaginary friend that Roman talks to for advice-no one else can see Hitler. FYI: Taika also wrote and directed the movie.
It's rated "PG-13" for disturbing images, violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 48 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD but if you like quirky, then it would be a good rental.