It Was Good

Rating: 7/10 (20 October 2019)

Jojo Rabbit was a very enjoyable and funny satire. I liked the acting especially from Taika Watiti, and the child actors did a surprisingly good job. I liked the directing and cinematography even though it was nothing exceptional. I thought the writing, dialogue, and script was good overall but again nothing exceptional. I liked the story, themes, and ideas explored in this film, but there were some aspects that didn't work for me. One of the biggest problem was the tone. For almost the entire film the tone is comedic but then sometime in the middle it just switches to completely serious out of nowhere and then just goes back to being comedic. Which causes the film to feel a bit jarring. There's also some emotional beats in the film that didn't work for me, since the film was comedic all the way up until that point I wasn't able to feel any of the emotions the film wanted me to feel. Not to mention the story and characters weren't developed enough to make these parts work which caused these moments to feel unearned and underdeveloped. But I still enjoyed it overall. I don't feel much of a desire to see it again and I don't understand why there's a lot of buzz surrounding this film. I would recommend this film despite some criticisms.