Triggernometry

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2020)

The opening scene had me cringing, and I thought I was going to really dislike this film. The jokes seemed to miss the mark but then I warmed to the characters. Then the kicker, it got me, goddamit it really got me and I realised that I cared for these characters. There must have been some dust floating around the cinema as my eyes were watering!
JoJo Rabbit is a brave film, I don't think any European could have made this. Not in today's culture. I glanced at the critics scores and noted them being around the 50% mark but the audience scores are much higher. One can conclude from this that there is a strict hegemony that critics, if they value their jobs cannot rebel against. But audiences, like those who valued Joker so highly, crave films which push against the Hollywood mafia.