Jojo Rabbit
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: October 18, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 57 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
20
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
33
The PlaylistCharles BramescoSep 9, 2019
Taika Waititi’s self-proclaimed “anti-hate satire” “Jojo Rabbit” exists in service of a single idea, a notion so desperately idealistic that it lands somewhere between naïveté and disingenuousness. Read full review
30
The New YorkerRichard BrodyOct 24, 2019
Even though the target of satire in Jojo Rabbit is clearly the Nazis, the movie sharply but unintentionally satirizes itself, as well as its makers and the movie industry at large that saw fit to produce, release, and acclaim it. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 21, 2019
There are no insights to be had – and no laughs. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinOct 7, 2019
As satire it’s a dismal dereliction of duty; as comedy, a one-note joke that wears out fast. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangSep 10, 2019
Its so-called audacity smacks of calculation and emotional cowardice. Read full review
10
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOct 17, 2019
The film doesn’t lack for audacity, or ultimate purpose — it’s against hate and in favor of love. But the adaptation isn’t funny enough to sustain the style, which owes an overt debt to Mel Brooks and amounts to Springtime for Hitler Youth. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineKeith UhlichSep 9, 2019
Waititi is incapable of dealing with the twin horrors of oppression and indoctrination beyond cheap-seats sentimentality and joke-making. Read full review
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