It's definitely not a good time to be a Nazi in the new Jojo Rabbit trailer
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Taika Watiti’s whimsical, imaginary Hitler headlined the first trailer for the filmmaker’s World War II comedy, Jojo Rabbit. This latest peek at the Thor: Ragnarok director’s anti-hate satire broadens the world somewhat, allowing us to spend more time with Roman Griffin Davis’ insecure Jojo, his mother (Scarlett Johansson), and the odd Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) hiding in the walls of Jojo’s home.
The great Stephen Merchant also appears as a Nazi inspector, telling Jojo that he wishes “more of our boys had your blind fanaticism.” Of course, the whole point of the film is to showcase how Jojo’s imaginary Hitler helps him confront that ingrained sense of devotion.
Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, and Sam Rockwell round out the cast, and the film will debut shortly at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. It arrives in theaters on October 18.
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I realize in this political climate, there’s no possible way this film won’t be divisive, but all that aside, it looks so charming and absurd, like Moonrise Kingdom by way of In the Loop. I look forward to ignoring the conversation around it and just enjoying a new Waititi film.
Agreed. I think it looks really good.
I think it’s far more likely that it fails to register for anyone, tbh. I’m excited for it, but I think from an audience perspective, this probably draws a crowd on par with The Death of Stalin which managed to fly through pretty quietly.
Jesus tapdancing christ, I cannot wait to see this. Stephen Merchant looks like Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark.And YAY, another weird-ass movie technically being released by Walt Disney Pictures! Right off the back of the success of Ready Or Not, too. Thanks, Fox merger! 😀
Like, if the Ark of the Covenant stretched him out to be extremely tall and lanky instead of melting his face.
Dammit, now I need to live in the alternate universe where that version of Raiders exists. Karl Pilkington as Belloq!
I like that there’s a whole crew of guys that look like Toht (which is to say, like Himmler).
The Himmlerettes.I remember Mel Brooks saying something about how the best way to rob Hitler of his power is to laugh at him. I’m glad Taika is carrying on that advice.
I caught a Himmlerettes show a few years back. All they did was raise one arm and march in lockstep for two hours.
Must’ve been a big club.
Stadium tour.
Himmlings?
Himmites. Something fitting about that.
Optometrists just couldn’t keep up with the demand for people wanting to buy frames that gave them that “Himmler chic”.
Damn, they did a killer job de-aging Nick Frost.
The technology is getting out of control.
I legit thought, “Hey that’s Nick Frost” for about a second before my brain kicked into gear and identified that person as a small child.
I don’t think it’s right that they cast Scarlett Johansson. Surely, they could have gotten a real Nazi.
C’mon. Where are you going to find a Nazi in 2019?
Haha yeah … fuck I hate right now
Is it in poor taste to cast an Asian woman as a Nazi?
That’s why they didn’t cast Emma Stone.
I mean, Asia basically did all the actual hard work of defeating the Nazis.We talk about “Russian” casualties, but the truth is a huge proportion of the staggering Soviet losses were non-Russian ethnicities from the East.(Also this is ignoring Japan, for a variety of reasons.)
I bet there are SO many Mommy’s-basement-Nazis out there right now looking up who Adolf Hitler was after watching this trailer.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SARCASTIC JOKE ABOUT HOW WRONG IT WAS FOR WATITI TO APPEAR IN WHITEFACE. THEN I REALIZED THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE SOME NEXT-LEVEL TROLLING. IF SO, I CAN ONLY SAVE “BRAVO”.
Yeah he’s extremely self-aware of how enraging it’ll be for actual nazis for a polynesian jew to be playing adolf hitler.
TIL he’s Jewish. This is next-level for sure.
Honestly, “You’re not a Nazi, Jojo; you’re a ten year old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club.” can be applied to any and all adults in organizations/movements/cults/religions throughout history.
Maybe not the most exciting part of this for most people, but I will watch anything with Thomasin McKenszie in it after Leave No Trace. That movie was devastating and she was so great.
That’s the first trailer that actually ever made me want to see a movie that i had previously not wanted to see.
Sam Rockwell might want to book a gig where he’s not playing a racist sometime soon.
Oh god, this looks like a wonderful masterpiece.
I really want the guy in the cape to be more than just a throwaway gag.
The Panzerschreck gag at the end would have gotten me harder if I didn’t know how the thing actually operates, and that the one in the film isn’t cocked.