If a month ago, I wouldn't have thought that my next max rating will be for a war movie = "1917", the least I was expecting that immediately after to warmly recommend another war movie = "Jojo Rabbit". Or again, actually another anti-war movie, although the resemblance with "1917" stops here.
Johannes Betzler, aka Jojo Rabbit, is a kid, who close to the end of WW2 still strictly follows his beliefs taken directly from Mein Kampf, missing none of the meetings of the Hitler's youth movement. Moreover, his imaginary friend is the "mein fuhrer" himself, making the boy totally devoted to the Nazi cause, despite his mother's suggestions towards moderation. Rosie Betzler is actually doing more than that, sheltering a young fugitive jew girl. Discovering this, brings shock and horror to Jojo's life, who's facing now an existential dilemma: his antisemitic cause vs. throwing his mother into Gestapo's claws.
"Jojo Rabbit", as most of Taika Waititi's movies, is a comedy before being a "war/anti-war movie". But slowly it gets you into the drama world, up to the moment where it starts reminding you a bit of "La Vita e Bella". There are actually at least a couple scenes that are in deep contrast with the usual "playful" atmosphere present in the movie, and you'll be at risk of shedding a tear or two. The major difference is that the script doesn't fall into the tragic zone, and somehow manages to get out with a clear smile from these hard moments. Again I'm not in my best writing mood, so I might be subjective, but I really prefer this "happy" version. In the end I guess it's more ok as view over life, even if it might be less real ;)
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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