Funny, delicate, strong, moving: everything you want from a movie

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2020)

"Jojo Rabbit" embodies what cinema should be: a rollercoaster ride of emotions packed with an important message. And starting with this last aspect, the movie is about a young boy who lives in Germany during the Nazi period. His mother teaches him the values of love and respect while the society inculcates him the Nazi ideology, which is the one he grows with. So at the age of ten he is a blind fanatic but it's clear from the beginning that he posses some of his mother's lessons that he rejects strongly. The encounter with a jewish girl that his mother is hiding in their house is the start of an evolution of Jojo's personality and I stop here as far as the plot. I can say that this is the setting of a satire about the Nazi ideology, that makes fun of it and shows how stupid it is. The other aspect I mentioned is the ride of emotions. The great thing about "Jojo Rabbit" is that you enter the movie and you have almost two hours in which you feel every emotions: I laughed a lot and in some cases I lost it, I felt pressure and anxiety, I was moved by sadness and by joy. And all this emotions were perfectly balanced in the flow of the movie. I am a big Taika Waititi's fan and in this movie he outdid himself. Other than the plot itself, which I've talked enough about, the direction, the cinematography and the score were great as well. And also the cast did a great job: Roman Griffin Davis was outstanding, Thomasin McKenzie was great as well, Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell lived up to their very high standards and Taika Waititi was a fantastic Hitler.
What can I say other than I fell in love with this movie? Watch it if you haven't yet, this is filmmaking at his best form!