Soul-stirring

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2020)

Jojo Rabbit is that one rare and a peerless movie that succeeds on almost every emotional level, where each character, scene, costume, and joke firing on all cylinders to make a film worth repeated viewings. Keeping aside all the technical aspects, what really had an impact was that every scene had something new for me to learn and apply that in my life. There were so many things that I could relate to.
The drawing scene in the end particularly, where the camera never leaves their faces, show how much they can convey with just a drawing, nothing but their eyelids, the flashing tension of neck muscles, and a barely cracking voice emphasizing the importance of freedom.
One such thing from the movie which moved me apart was: While Jojo's mum was around everything she said didn't make sense and when she dies everything makes sense and he happens to do and believe whatever she says, even things like dancing for freedom which he never liked doing. Which reminds me of things which we all have experienced in our lives is that "You will realize the value of someone only when that someone is away from you"
All in all for me, Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit's every frame felt like a painting worth sitting in.