Jojo Rabbit

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “Jojo Rabbit succeeds even with a high degree of difficulty, given the sensitivities of the subject matter, the emotional undercurrent of a mother’s devotion to her son and the breaking down of artificial walls to let love in. As much as it makes you laugh, Waititi’s must-watch effort is a warm hug of a movie that just so happens to have a lot of important things to say.”

  Brian Truitt, USA Today · 100

• “A work of sublime sweetness and beauty.”

  Karen Gordon, Original-Cin · 100

• “Waititi infuses a level of humanity into WWII without blindly forgiving those responsible, nor hiding behind the guise of good guys in bad situations, or allowing even a 10-year-old boy to get away with hate without swift retribution and thorough self-examination.”

  Joelle Monique, Paste Magazine · 95

• “Waititi ... finds such strange, sweet humor in his storytelling that the movie somehow maintains its ballast, even when the tone inevitably (and it feels, necessarily) shifts.”

  Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly · 91

• “Waititi masterfully balances the film’s comedy with the seriousness of the subject. He plays with your emotions to heighten the impact of the story’s message. Nothing in this film feels gratuitous and the tonal shift in the film will hit you like a ton of bricks.”

  Alan Ng, Film Threat · 90