It’s amazing, and obviously very sad. It is funny, the writing is great, and over the top acting fits the atmosphere well.
Scarlett Johanson really surprised me, as I was sure she would be just a prop, but she actually steals the show. How she delivers “you don’t know him, he’s a fanatic” speaking of her 10 years old son is incredible. Or how she plays the missing father. There is so many levels to that single episode.
Everyone always mentions the double shoes scene. But frankly, almost every scene is amazing with it’s asymmetry.
Strangely, or maybe not, the scene that hit me the most was the Russians executing the Nazis, and how that goofy, over the top German soldier sacrifices his life to save JoJo.
And maybe the subtleness of the rabbit in the winter scene. Since we see JoJo scrapping garbage bins for food we expect that the next scene he’d be eating the rabbit. But this isn’t about it. It’s about holding long enough to survive.
And yeah, maybe the movie was about surviving the “Nazi Trump” first term for some. I don’t care. I think that’s what makes a great art, when you can find something for yourself.
