Fantastic premise, good story, but ultimately a disappointment.

Rating: 6/10 (17 November 2017)

Holocaust comedy is clearly a niche genre, but it works well. The father's apparently comedic stance, motivated by love for his son, reaffirms his tragic circumstance by contrast. However, the ending is disappointing. The film fails to address the true horror of the camp, and misses a chance to be truly life affirming. There is no way the son could not have known what was really going on, but in order to affirm the viewer's faith in humanity, the son should have nonetheless believed his father's lies despite all evidence to the contrary. Instead, the son is simply duped by his father.