JoJo Rabbit is the type of satirical film that could only come from the humor and mind of someone like Taika Waititi. The film follows Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), a young true believer of the Hitler Youth who has everything he believes in challenged when he learns that his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), in a young Jewish girl their home. Waititi himself gets in on the action himself as Jojo’s imaginary friend Adolf Hitler. Waititi really leans into making Hitler look as ridiculous, petty and foolish as possible. It’s a combination of him being a manifestation of a 10-year-old boy as well as Hitler himself being a foolish and small minded man. This is definitely a film that will have people talking. The Waititi directed Jojo Rabbit took home the People’s Choice award at TIFF this year and there seems to be a lot of differing opinions from critics on it. On the positive side, it is cinematically a good film hitting all the right notes with w
