Really Quite Uninspiring.

Rating: 5/10 (4 January 2020)

JoJo Rabbit
Not everyone's cup of tea, the movie had two strands, the allegorical story of JoJo representing Germany's brainwashed consciousness towards Nazisism and a little boy's struggle to make sense of world as the man of the house during a time of war.
After an hour in I thought the joke wore thin, surreality can only hold the attention for so long without any anchors. I laughed about three times throughout this is hardly a high score for a supposed comedy.
We had two fine performances from Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell and the rest was uninspiring. To my mind neither performances displayed sufficient range to merit an award however maybe Scarlett for a supporting award, after all the young boy was the star of this movie.
The only redemption lay with JoJo becoming disillusioned with being a Nazis, hardly a surprise, and really quite insufficient.