A few inaccuracies and iffy story beats but a fun film overall

Rating: 7/10 (7 February 2020)

It's an undeniably enjoyable watch. I kind of wish though that Jojo's imaginary Hitler friend had more of an impact on his decision-making throughout the film and brought about more conflict in his choices, rather than mostly being a passive gimmick for comedy purposes. Additionally, there's a few story beats that undeniably make little sense (even with suspension of disbelief) and some surface level historical inaccuracies, both of which took me out of the film a bit.
For example:
Jojo has a grenade blow up next to him. He's rushed to hospital, and comes out with nothing but a lightly scarred face. Got off pretty lucky there with all his limbs and facial features intact...
Hitler continuously offers Jojo cigarettes, when in reality Hitler was quite heavily against smoking and ran anti-tobacco campaigns.
After Jojo's mother gets executed, he's just left living on his own and fending for himself. Pretty sure in reality the Nazi police would immediately follow up on the fact that Rosie has a young son and quickly raid her home and take the boy. I think a totalitarian government would definitely notice this 11 year old boy's presence...
Also, I'm not too sure if Nazi Germany's town centres even had public hangings, but correct me if I'm wrong there.
On the flipside though, Rosie's death was particularly effective, and was probably the most memorable and emotional scene in the movie.