Written by: Aashutosh Pudasaini - 2022002, Grade XII
Posted on: 19 July, 2021
Jojo Rabbit is a humorous coming of age story directed by Taika Waititi. Waititi is known in the movie industry for making some incredible movies in the past. He made movies like Hunt for the Wilder People and Thor Ragnarok. Waititi has a way of integrating incredible feelings and stories in his movies. We have seen that with Hunt for the Wilder people which is a masterpiece, he has a way of tackling controversial topics with humour and satire yet still managing to keep the audience in love with the characters. This movie is not different.
The movie takes place in 1944 Germany in the midst of World War II. The story follows a young boy who idolizes Hitler and wants to be Hitler’s “Best Friend”. Young Cadet Jojo Betzlier is addicted to the idea of Nazism engraved by his imaginary friend Hitler. The Movie tackles the presence of Hitler and Nazi’s with Satire and Humor and it does an incredible job. Jojo shares the same ideas as Nazi’s. In his eyes, Jews are the villains and the worst of worst scum, ironically he finds that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic he starts getting closer with the Jewish girl, with time Jojo comes to realize that maybe he was wrong all along and Nazism isn’t what he thought it was.
The movie does an incredible job of building an emotional connection of characters with the audience. The acting is phenomenal, Scarlett Johansen does a great job of playing Rosie, Jojo’s mother, Roman Griffin Davis gives the performance of his life playing young Jojo. This movie is a must for all movie enthusiasts out there, even for a casual movie enthusiast, the movie will not disappoint. Waititi has shown in this movie that he is one of the best directors of our generation.
