Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)

[Irish]

Like Wes Anderson ... but with Nazis.

Possibly funny, definitely misguided. (I'm of the mind that Mel Brooks was wrong and it's impossible to effectively satirize Nazis.)

[transmogrifier]

Can't wait!

[Ezee E]

Is it a satire if it's so obviously spoofing?

[megladon8]

Waititi gets my ass in a seat.

[Grouchy]

I want to see this ASAP based on that trailer.

[Philip J. Fry]

[MadMan]

I still laugh at the Downfall memes.

Also Jojo seems to be a Wes Anderson movie with Nazis. Looks hilarious.

[Peng]

[Irish]

Oof.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jojo_rabbit

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“This spectacularly wrongheaded ‘anti-hate satire‘ (as per the how-the-hell-do-we-market-this-thing? ad campaign) is the feature-length equivalent of the ‘Springtime for Hitler’ number from Mel Brooks’ The Producers, sans context and self-awareness. It takes place in a goofball period la-la land of its own creation, with sets as minutely detailed and shots as precisely composed as those in a Wes Anderson fantasia. Indeed, Jojo Rabbit suggests what that dapper hipster auteur might generate if he was to remake Elem Klimov’s hallucinatory, horrifying World War II epic Come and See, and that’s not a compliment.” — Slant‘s Keith Uhlich.

“Taking straight from the Chaplin playbook, Waititi’s Hitler is a Mr. Bean-esque figure, hammed up to eleven as the invisible friend of young Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis). He leaps around, talks in a thick approximation of a German accent and encourages young Jojo to be the best little Nazi in the whole of the Third Reich. He is, undoubtedly, the worst thing about the film — distracting and one-note. It is possible to parody Hitler successfully, but in leaning too heavily on basic mockery, there’s nothing new that this performance brings to the table.” — Little White Lies‘ Hannah Woodhead.

“[Waititi’s decision to play a fantasy Adolf Hitler buddy figure] often feels like a way of distracting us from the truth, an elaborate smoke and mirrors act to fool us into believing Jojo Rabbit has something new to offer. Because while there are some initially amusing moments given the outlandish conceit, Waititi doesn’t really know what to do with his imaginary Hitler past an increasingly repetitive cycle of decreasingly funny acts of idiocy. He’s essentially a single sketch character and while Waititi plays him well, there’s only so much we need of him.” — The Guardian‘s Benjamin Lee.

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[Irish]

OTOH

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/ti...rs-1202173755/