Brilliant dark comedy

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2020)

Jojo Rabbit skillfully offers the eccentric story of a 10-year-old German boy who worships Hitler - and has him for a genial imaginary friend - against the horrific backdrop of World War II in the third Reich's final days.
The cast is excellent, with Roman Griffin Davis appealing as the little Nazi whose better angels sometimes peak out, Thomasin McKenzie as a feisty Jewish girl in hiding, Scarlett Johansson as Jojo's sweet, stylish mother, Sam Rockwell and Rebel Wilson as Nazi kooks, and director Taika Waititi as imaginary Hitler.
The movie manages to walk a very fine line between wacky comedy and searing horror. It is sometimes painfully intense and heartbreaking, but it is also at times genuinely funny.
Highly recommended.