the director, finds such strange, sweet humor in his storytelling that the movie somehow maintains its ballast, even when the tone inevitably (and it feels, necessarily) shifts
Taika Waititi's self-proclaimed "anti-hate satire" "Jojo Rabbit" exists in service of a single idea, a notion so desperately idealistic that it lands somewhere between naivete and disingenuousness
overall, "Jojo Rabbit" is a movie with a lot of heart, a lot of qualities that are sure to make it a hit with crowds, and just enough unique magic to make it one of the more pleasurable movie-going experiences of the year
Jojo's story concludes far too easily for its own good. Yes, Taika Waititi has made a sugary fantasy in the most unlikely places. But in the process, it buries the awful truth
Jojo Rabbit is a sweet-natured, cheerful, brightly-coloured family comedy; Skipping back and forth between silliness and sadness, between happiness and horror, it's a film that, even when it isn't entirely working, astonishes you with its very existence
It's a feel-good movie, all right, but one that uses the fake danger of defanged black comedy to leave us feeling good about the fact that we're above a feel-good movie
"Jojo Rabbit" isn't perfect; sometimes it strains to reconcile Taika Waititi's more relaxed beats with his visual fussiness. But he's legitimately breaking new ground. It will find an audience that gets it
"Jojo Rabbit" is more of a roast than a reckoning, which I suppose would be fine if it were only aiming for comedy. But this is a movie with lofty humanist ideas
by Lindsey Romain [Nerdist ]
by Barry Hertz [The Globe and Mail ]
