Oddly Wholesome If a Bit Too Lighthearted

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2020)

The film eschews most of the horror of the Nazi regime in favor of a light and goofy atmosphere. That said, I do think the film expects viewers to bring their historical understanding of the Nazis so it can play with those expectations to humorous effect. That might not be a person's cup of tea, which is totally understandable, but it's a common humorous trope to paint horrible things in a coat of frivolity. Making this film less a useful historical probe, and more a probe into the nature of interpersonal relationships in a society with a clearly wacky and racist dogma. Despite what a person is brought up to believe, real, meaningful experience with those who have been othered can bring about internal change. So yeah, the moral reads more like a Disney film set in absurdist Nazi Germany, but, if you're into that, it's quite charming and oddly wholesome if a bit too lighthearted.