Waititi delivers again

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2019)

Jojo Rabbit absolutely deserves to be in the best picture race right now, I have never watched a single film that has made me laugh and cry in the very same film and this one does. The acting is superb every character feels like they are there for a purpose and are all useful to the movie in one way or another. There are times where the screenplay is truly masterful as well as the visual storytelling. There is on aspect this style of storytelling that involves shoes that is absolutely brilliant and I would almost compare it to the red jacket sequence in Schindler's List in terms of how striking it was. When the film wants to be funny it is and when it wants to be sad and change the tone halfway through it does that so effectively. The humour isn't just dumb as well it is a way of showing how ridiculous some of the beliefs and propaganda of the Nazis were, which I thought was brilliant.
I do have some negatives with film though, whilst the tonal change in the movie is done very effectively it tries to be funny again midway through a sequence that is quite sad and it doesn't feel right in the situation. Also the film has about 10 minutes in the beginning of the 2nd act that I thought had some very slow scenes.
Overall, Jojo Rabbit is one of my favourite films this year and adds another yes another excellent film to 2019's list of great films. I truly believe this is the strongest year of film maybe ever and I hope you go and see this movie as this stands near the top of them all.