What is the point in critics?

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2020)

They never get it right do they and the lower down the pecking order the more spectacular their pompous self aggrandisement becomes.
Jojo Rabbit is not a deep, clever or especially edgy film, GOOD! I don't suppose it was meant to be.
Simple will trump everything in my opinion when it comes to getting a message across, it's called the art of storytelling. It will do so, shock horror, because most people have more than enough complexity in their life without adding to it. They go to films or watch TV to be entertained, when oh when will these egotists work that out.
Jojo rabbit does that and yet still manages quite well enough to get its core message across. It shows the absurdity of totalitarian regimes through the eyes of children, who are nature's finest critics.
There is nothing wrong with deep, edgy and meaningful, it has its place. However being so doesn't make it superior, unless of course feeling superior is your aim!
I loved this film, wasn't what I expected. The performances of the two young boys alone should make it worth two hours of anyone's time. Despite a few unpleasant scenes it was also family friendly, not bad for a film about the horrors of Nazism.
Cheer up though lads, I'm sure some incomprehensible Euro dirge will be along soon enough and then you can feel all intellectually masterful again.