Johannes "Jojo" Betzler is a ten-year-old boy living in Nazi Germany during the later stages of World War II with his mother, Rosie. His absent father is supposedly serving on the Italian Front but has lost all contact and his older sister Inge has recently died of influenza. The jingoistic Jojo often talks with his imaginary friend, a supportive but childish version of Adolf Hitler.
Jojo Rabbit is Taika Waititi in fine form. His parody of Hitler is hilarious, all the cast are wonderful.
It's a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, there are plenty of laughs from start to finish but there is also a VERY serious undertone about how easily people can be brainwashed into believing in a cause (and any old bollocks to justify it). I would recommend taking some tissues with if not for the heart wrenching scenes then for the German version of David Bowie's Heroes.
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