Jojo Rabbit (2019) - 7.8

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2019)

Jojo Rabbit (2019) - 7.8
Act 1 - 7.5
Act 2 - 7.4
Act 3 - 8.5

Ridiculous tone is set right from the opening scenes
Beatles song playing with cheering people but it is edited to look like it's for Hitler
Hitler youth camp is great
Uses absurdity to make fun of the Nazis and their ideals
Jojo has an imaginary friend who just so happens to be Hitler
JoJo gets his nickname when the older Nazis make fun of him for not killing a rabbit and call him scared and call is father a coward too
Jojo has to leave camp when he blows himself up with a grenade and we meet his mother, he has scars but is recovering from his wounds in his home
The superiors overlooking the camp got demoted and are now in an office where Jojo is now working putting up propaganda
Jojo finds that his mother is keeping a Jewish child safe hidden in their home
Parody of Hitler is hilarious and childlike
Scarlett is great as JoJo's mother, very charming
Jojo is a kid who has been brainwashed by propaganda and blindly follows it and must overcome this by getting to know the Jewish girl
Mom is trying her best to make good of an awful situation and a confused kid
Stealing the ends of penises joke is great
Jojo just wants to be apart of something and isn't really a nazi
Gestapo is searching the house
Tense moment when the girl acts as Jojos dead sister so she isn't found in the crawl space
She gets the info wrong in her papers and Jojo's camp leader protects her and doesn't turn her in for getting the info wrong
There are good people even in the Nazi ranks which is important to remember as many were just following orders and trying to do good when they could
In the market and sees his mothers shoes as she is hanged for dealing out those papers, shoe scenes payoff very well in this heartbreaking moment
Apparently Jojos dad was working with his mom from afar and will be back home after the war
The girls parents were sent to some of the camps and they watch the invasion of Germany from their bedroom window
Mix of comedy and sadness in the invasion scenes, remember he is just a scared boy who's alone
His captain saves and protects the boy in a sweet moment
Jojo doesn't want to let the girl go as she is all he has
Jojo sheds is imaginary friend and kicks him out a window and out of his life
Jojo and Elsa walk outside and see American striving through the streets
Elsa now knows she is free and slaps Jojo for lying
They then dance as a call back to Jojo's mom, very sweet ending
Great performances all around
Great balance between comedy and drama
Understand everything that the characters are going through and have to overcome
Side characters are all great and add plenty of value to the film
Film keeps the Nazi elements light for most of the film but knows when to make them serious to have a dramatic impact
Great style to the film and is very unique
Very good film which is worth seeing