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Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit

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Comedy about a young boy in the Hitler Youth who questions his beliefs after developing a friendship with a Jewish girl he finds hidden...

Certificate12

Duration108 mins

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  • Beth, 14
  • 38 reviews

Fox Searchlight Pictures and TGS Pictures' Jojo Rabbit.

5 stars

07 Dec 2022

Fox Searchlight Pictures and TGS Pictures' Jojo Rabbit is not suitable for young children as there are upsetting and distressing scenes.

Jojo Rabbit is a well made film portraying the importance of standing up for yourself and others, even if it means lying for a good cause. Furthermore, it highlights that you shouldn't hate people you don't know because you don't know if you hate them. Also, it teaches that War is also something to run from not to and it illustrates how is easy it is for a decision someone else makes to ruin hundreds and thousands of lives. It makes the audience understand that you shouldn't make assumptions based on what you are told as people will lie and don't let society make you who you are. As well as this, Jojo Rabbit presents some tragically real aspects of the time, despite fictional characters.

The narrative is set in a variety of places within Germany in World War Two. This allows the main plot and drastic change of personality from one of the characters. The setting also explains some of the events, as that is particular to that place. The scenery is very important because it sets up the narrative and adds to the storyline.

The music in Jojo Rabbit suits the atmosphere of the scenes portrayed on screen: despair, sadness, tension, panic. However, sound is used to illustrate a period of rejoicing and freedom. Additionally, silence is used to emphasis the sound being made on screen, which expresses the grief felt by the main character. This adds to the authenticity and realism of the emotions that many people, at that time, would have felt.

Fox Searchlight Pictures and TGS Pictures' Jojo Rabbit uses colours that appropriate for that time. This creates the mood and sets the tone. The colours and costumes have to feel authentic to the viewers to make the plot make sense, which they do very successfully. The colours and lighting also create the atmosphere of the setting and the conditions of which that scene is held in.

The some of the characters have a relationship built on the lies told by others, the curiosity they feel, and the hopelessness of the world they live in. One of the characters has hallucinations of his idol before realising the impact of the things that they have done. As well as this, status if defined between the characters by height as one of the characters has a higher ranking position and is taller. This is a visual representation of the authority given to the higher ranking officer.

The narrative is presented through one character's eyes: Jojo's. Due to the point of view mainly being that of Jojo, the camera follows him and his experiences. As well as this, there is a panoramic view to illustrate the passage of time. Towards the end, slow motion is also used. This is to illustrate the disastrous effects of the scene occurring and the consequences it has on the world around them.

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