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Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Deeply conflicted about this film, it’s quite clever, the casting, acting, dialogue, music, cinematography all top notch, I just don’t think the setting ever really connects with any of the rest of it; rather than a beautiful dark comedy set in the end of ww2 in germany it ends up feeling like a movie about the end of ww2 in germany, and also whoops someone turned up the “dark comedy” and “sentimental” dial really high but we’re not sure why. 

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