Review of Jojo Rabbit (2019) by Jumpcut_Online — 20 Oct 2019

This is Taika Waititi’s world and lucky for us we all to get live in it. Jojo Rabbit doesn’t flinch, it doesn’t pull back from the film it wants to be. It certainly won’t be to everyone’s taste but getting a film to play with this number of laughs and carry the emotional weight that it does can only be pulled together by a director brimming with confidence.

The film itself totally belongs to its two young leads; Roman Griffin Davis and Thomasin McKenzie. Sure, they have solid help from a stellar supporting cast which elevates the leads, but without them, it wouldn’t play half as well and certainly would fail to deliver on the more sensitive and serious moments which are the film’s real surprises.