BOLD

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2019)

I can't even imagine how difficult it was for Taika Waititi to get a film about a Hitler youth whos imaginary friend is Hitler greenlit. Kudos to him on that alone.
The amount of vision you have to have to make this film work is remarkable. It somehow manages to be both effectively hilarious and a grim depiction of Nazi Germany (how is that even a sentence I just wrote?).
My only criticism is that I wish we got to see more from Rosie before she was gone. Her loss was still effective as it was in the movie (the shot of her feet hanging stunned me), but it could have been even more affecting if we had gotten just a few more moments with her. Her last appearance was really just her walking away from Jojo, and then she was gone. If the film was an ode to single parents like Waititi says it is, that wasn't communicated that well, unfortunately
But it worked very well as both a coming of age story and a war drama, and the balance between humor and humanity was somehow perfect.
Lastly, I hope we see more of Roman Griffin Davis in the future. What an incredible young talent he is.