The delightfully dark comedy is verboten, but refreshing

Rating: 8/10 (11 December 2019)

Watching Jojo Rabbit is a peculiar experience. At times, this film is delightfully irreverent. Then suddenly the story becomes emotionally poignant. And then somehow it swings back to the silly again. The dark comedy feels almost "verboten," but it's also kind of refreshing to see material like this in our increasingly hypersensitive world. Plus, Roman Griffin Davis gives an impressively nuanced performance as the titular character. I don't know how or why this movie works, but it truly does.