Review: Jojo Rabbit
©2019 Kari Carlisle
I fell in love with the Nazis in Jojo Rabbit. While that makes me terribly uncomfortable to say, in my defense, this dark comedy sheds a truly human light on individuals caught up in the fervor generated by evil people.
The movie starts with 10-year-old Jojo, played by Roman Griffin Davis, attending a Nazi youth camp, accompanied by his very real friend Yorki (Archie Yates) and his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, played by Taika Waititi who also directed. While adamant in his enthusiasm for Hitler and against those “scary,” “mind-reading” Jews, Jojo turns out to be a pretty poor Nazi and a wonderfully sweet little boy. When told in camp to wring a rabbit’s neck, he can’t bring himself to do it, even as his leaders and other youth cry, “Kill! Kill! Kill!” and then “Jojo Rabbit! Jojo Rabbit!” as his cowardice is exposed. With unexpected wisdom, Adolf (Jojo’s imaginary friend generated by his young mind, not to be confused with the real Hitler of history) assures Jojo that rabbits are brave to live in a scary world and that Jojo is as brave as a rabbit.
Much of the movie’s humor comes from...
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I fell in love with the Nazis in Jojo Rabbit. While that makes me terribly uncomfortable to say, in my defense, this dark comedy sheds a truly human light on individuals caught up in the fervor generated by evil people.
The movie starts with 10-year-old Jojo, played by Roman Griffin Davis, attending a Nazi youth camp, accompanied by his very real friend Yorki (Archie Yates) and his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, played by Taika Waititi who also directed. While adamant in his enthusiasm for Hitler and against those “scary,” “mind-reading” Jews, Jojo turns out to be a pretty poor Nazi and a wonderfully sweet little boy. When told in camp to wring a rabbit’s neck, he can’t bring himself to do it, even as his leaders and other youth cry, “Kill! Kill! Kill!” and then “Jojo Rabbit! Jojo Rabbit!” as his cowardice is exposed. With unexpected wisdom, Adolf (Jojo’s imaginary friend generated by his young mind, not to be confused with the real Hitler of history) assures Jojo that rabbits are brave to live in a scary world and that Jojo is as brave as a rabbit.
Much of the movie’s humor comes from...
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