Jojo rabbit
Jojo Rabbit is a satire set against the background of World War II, that revolves around a German boy named Jojo, who is a member of the Hitler Youth but discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Jojo is forced to confront his beliefs and faith in his country, helped along by his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler.
Jojo rabbit Movie info
Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, based on Christine Leunens‘s book Caging Skies. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes “Jojo” Betzler, a Hitler Youth member who finds out his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. He must then question his beliefs while dealing with the intervention of his imaginary friend, a fanciful version of Adolf Hitler (Waititi). The film also stars Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, and Sam Rockwell.
Jojo rabbit cast
- jojo rabbit Release date: 31 January 2020 (India)
- Language English
- Director: Taika Waititi
- Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson
- Box office: $44.3 million
- Budget: 1.4 crores USD
- Country: United States
- Awards: Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer,
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Jojo rabbit Hollywood movie Writer-director Taika Waititi (THOR: RAGNAROK, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE), brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, JOJO RABBIT, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as JoJo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (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.
Jojo rabbit full Movie story
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 and his best friend Yorki attend a Deutsches Jungvolk Hitler Youth training camp, run by the one-eyed Wehrmacht Captain Klenzendorf. When Jojo is ordered to kill a rabbit by older Hitler Youth members, he tries to release it and runs off crying after the other boys taunt him with the name “Jojo Rabbit”. After a pep talk from Hitler, Jojo returns and throws a Stielhandgranate without permission. It bounces off a tree and explodes at his feet, leaving him with facial scars and a slight limp. After Jojo recovers, Rosie asks Klenzendorf, demoted after the incident, to make her son feel included, despite his injuries. Jojo is given small tasks such as spreading propaganda leaflets throughout the town, and collecting scrap metal for the war effort.
Alone at home one day, Jojo discovers Elsa Korr, a teenage Jewish girl and his late sister’s former classmate, hiding upstairs. Jojo threatens to turn her over to the Gestapo, but Elsa warns that his mother would be killed for hiding her. He agrees to keep her safe, on the condition she reveals her “Jew secrets” so he can write a book for Klenzendorf, which amuses him. Elsa plays along by making up stories about Jewish powers, such as mind-reading. Angry with his mother for hiding a Jew but unable to reveal his knowledge of Elsa, Jojo accuses Rosie of being unpatriotic and laments that his father is away. Rosie dismisses his accusations and espouses her belief that positivity and optimism are the best ways to be free of oppression.
Jojo continues to interrogate Elsa, learning she has a boyfriend called Nathan with whom she wants to reunite when the war is over. Jojo forges a letter from “Nathan” which claims that he has found someone else and wants to break up with Elsa. Hearing her crying, Jojo writes another letter retracting the first one. Jojo and Hitler argue, with Hitler insisting Elsa is a monster. Later, while on one of his metal collecting trips, Jojo spots his mother leaving a “free Germany” message in town.
Jojo is home one day when the Gestapo, led by Captain Deertz, visit his house. Klenzendorf also happens to arrive at the house while it is being searched. Elsa reveals herself, pretending to be Inge, and produces Inge’s papers and confirms her birthday from memory to quell the Gestapo’s suspicions. Jojo is relieved, but Elsa later realizes she recited the wrong date and Klenzendorf covered for her, but is certain the Gestapo will eventually realize the deception. Later that day, Jojo finds his mother has been hanged in the town square. Devastated, he returns home and stabs Elsa in the shoulder, then breaks down; Elsa comforts him.
Jojo runs into Yorki, now a soldier, who tells him Hitler has committed suicide and that the Allies are closing in. Jojo encounters Fräulein Rahm, arming and sacrificing children as the battle rages, and she gives him a soldier’s coat, before being killed herself in an explosion. Facing the American and Soviet forces, the city’s garrison surrenders. The Soviets force several captured Germans into a backyard and line them up against a wall, including Jojo. A wounded Klenzendorf tells Jojo his mother was a good woman, and saves him by removing his coat, calling him a Jew, and spitting on him, causing the Soviet guards to drag him to safety. The soldiers expel Jojo, who runs away as shots are heard.
Jojo runs home and, to stop Elsa leaving, tells her Germany won the war. Recognizing her despair, he recites a new “letter” from her boyfriend claiming that he and Jojo have figured out a way to smuggle her to Paris. Elsa confesses that her boyfriend died of tuberculosis the previous year. Jojo tells her he loves her, and she tells him she loves him like a “younger brother”. A disheveled Hitler with bullet holes in his head angrily confronts Jojo for siding with Elsa, and Jojo kicks him out the window. Jojo takes Elsa outside, where she sees American soldiers and realizes the Allies have won the war. She slaps Jojo in the face for lying, and then they dance in the street.
Jojo rabbit Critical response
Jojo rabbit Rotten Tomatoes reviews, the film Jojo rabbit holds an approval rating of 80% based on 363 reviews, with an average rating of 7.51/10. The website’s critics consensus reads: “Jojo Rabbit’s blend of irreverent humor and serious ideas definitely won’t be to everyone’s taste—but either way, this anti-hate satire is audacious to a fault.” Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 57 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”. by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale, and PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 96%, with 87% saying they would definitely recommend it.
