Jojo Rabbit
- 2019
- Tous publics
- 1h 48m
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth, whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator, is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.A young German boy in the Hitler Youth, whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator, is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.A young German boy in the Hitler Youth, whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator, is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
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- Won 1 Oscar
- 52 wins & 191 nominations total
Joe Weintraub
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The trailer for the movie had me scratching my head but as a HUGE fan of Waititi I felt I ought to give it a shot.
My best spoiler free review is that this is an original, outrageous film. The emotional gamut we are subjected to is whiplash inducing, but without the neck brace and ambulance chasing lawyers.
Every actor is perfection. Young JoJo and Yorkie are devastatingly earnest and so talented. Sam Rockwell is always a master. Every subtle satire is underwritten with a grim level of truth. The soundtrack n unexpected choice.
Go see it. Prepare yourself for quite a ride.
My best spoiler free review is that this is an original, outrageous film. The emotional gamut we are subjected to is whiplash inducing, but without the neck brace and ambulance chasing lawyers.
Every actor is perfection. Young JoJo and Yorkie are devastatingly earnest and so talented. Sam Rockwell is always a master. Every subtle satire is underwritten with a grim level of truth. The soundtrack n unexpected choice.
Go see it. Prepare yourself for quite a ride.
So good. Taika makes you experience joy, terror, love, hate all in one minute and then he jumps out and runs around in a Hitler costume.
It's historically accurate too showing the polarisation of Germany during war time, indoctrination into the hitler youth and the storming of Berlin.
100% would watch again.
It's historically accurate too showing the polarisation of Germany during war time, indoctrination into the hitler youth and the storming of Berlin.
100% would watch again.
For me this film is a total paradox. I have never laughed so hard in one scene and then cried like a baby in the next. It's unique. Go watch.
I thought this was bags of fun, who said that satire was a thing of the past, Jojo Rabbit prices that it is alive and well..
It's one of those films that will have you laughing one minute, crying the next, then awkwardly chuckling in the scene after that.
It's very well acted, very well made, the production values are actually very, very strong.
I saw this on its release with a few friends, it was my choice, faces were pulled at the thought of it, but everyone enjoyed, one quibbled before the film that she thought it was going to be offensive, it isn't, it's all tongue in cheek.
I look forward to seeing it again, I recommend. 8/10.
It's one of those films that will have you laughing one minute, crying the next, then awkwardly chuckling in the scene after that.
It's very well acted, very well made, the production values are actually very, very strong.
I saw this on its release with a few friends, it was my choice, faces were pulled at the thought of it, but everyone enjoyed, one quibbled before the film that she thought it was going to be offensive, it isn't, it's all tongue in cheek.
I look forward to seeing it again, I recommend. 8/10.
It's WWII and Germany is losing the war. 10 year old Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) can't tie his own shoes and has an imaginary friend in Hitler (Taika Waititi). He is starting Hitler youth training under weary war veteran Captain Klenzendorf (Sam Rockwell). He refuses to kill a rabbit and the guys ridicule him as Jojo Rabbit. One day, he finds a girl living in the wall of his late sister's room. His mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding Jewish girl Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie).
This is an inventive film. It is feel-good and heart-breaking. It has comedy and tragedy. It is an outside-the-box, brilliant film from the unusual Taika Waititi. The kid is brilliant. The best friend is funny. ScarJo is terrific. There are some big-time emotional gut punches. There are surprising turns. This is one of the year's best.
This is an inventive film. It is feel-good and heart-breaking. It has comedy and tragedy. It is an outside-the-box, brilliant film from the unusual Taika Waititi. The kid is brilliant. The best friend is funny. ScarJo is terrific. There are some big-time emotional gut punches. There are surprising turns. This is one of the year's best.
Did you know
- TriviaTaika Waititi discovered in his research that WWII Germany was very vibrant and fashionable and was interested in shying away from traditional war films that presented it as dark and dreary. He opted, instead, to present the city as a celebratory place on the surface and dressed the characters as stylishly as possible. He liked the idea that everything seems happy, but just underneath the surface "the third Reich is crumbling, and, you know, the dream is over."
- GoofsThe first time an American soldier is seen waving a flag from a balcony, it is one with 50 stars instead of 48. (A common mistake in WW2 films.) The error is later rectified by showing an American in a Jeep waving a correct 48-star flag.
- Quotes
[Rosie and Jojo come upon six people hanging from a gallows in the town square]
Jojo Betzler: What did they do?
Rosie: What they could.
- Crazy creditsThere is a quote from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke right before the closing credits: "Let everything happen to you / Beauty and terror / Just keep going / No feeling is final."
- ConnectionsFeatured in CTV National News: Episode dated 5 September 2019 (2019)
- SoundtracksKomm, gib mir deine Hand
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
Courtesy of Universal Music Catalogue (GB)/Beatles/Colderstone
Under license from Universal Music s.r.o., A Universal Music Company
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- Also known as
- Nhóc Jojo
- Filming locations
- Zatec, Czech Republic(exterior scenes, main square, gallows)
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Box office
- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,370,906
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $349,555
- Oct 20, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $93,598,180
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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