It sounds like it might be about the boy being torn between competing influences: his mother representing his good nature and inclination to help others and an imaginary Hitler representing his sense of duty as a proud German, like good and bad angels whispering in opposite ears. That actually sounds interesting. I guess that the "rabbit" is a partial reference to Harvey the invisible rabbit, since Hitler is, similarly, an imaginary friend.Lonely German boy Jojo "Rabbit" Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) has his world view turned upside down when he discovers that his single mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
The synopsis at Wikipedia makes some sense of it:
It seems like it's about the boy being torn between competing influences, his mother representing his good nature and inclination to help others and an imaginary Hitler representing his sense of duty as a proud German, like good and bad angels whispering in opposite ears. That actually sounds rather interesting. I guess that the "rabbit" is a partial reference to Harvey the invisible rabbit, since Hitler is, similarly, an imaginary friend to Jojo.
Looks terrible.
With several of Fox's recent films, including Dark Phoenix and Stuber, making less than expected at the box office, the studio may be in trouble with its new parent company, Disney.
The highly-anticipated World War II satire by Taiki Waititi, Jojo Rabbit, may be a potential win for Fox, especially considering it is already expected to be a major contender in the awards circuit. However, an executive at Disney reportedly felt the film may be "too edgy" for Disney.
According to Variety, one of Disney's executives was noticeably uncomfortable during a screening of Jojo Rabbit, and even said the film would "alienate Disney fans."
Definitely easy to tell that based on a 1-minute trailer that gives nothing away.
Maybe that was the best minute of the entire movie. We've already seen the best in that trailer.
Seems to be picking up mostly mixed reactions so far at TIFF. That might just be reactions of an older crowd, though.
I expected critics to be very mixed on this movie just because of the subject alone. Feel like a lot of people are going into this movie looking to be offended by it.
I am excited for this movie since What We Do in the Shadows is one of my favorite comedies of all time.
I am confused though, if you know what the movie is about, what is there really to be offended about? Its a genuine question. Or are people possibly offended because they don't know the premise of the movie yet?
what we do in the shadows, hunt for the wilderpeople and thor ragnarok are some of the best movies of the 2010s
have faith
Scarlett Johansson is awful as an actress. I'll be skipping this one.
Thanks for the heads up!