An exceptional film from Taika Waititi, JoJo Rabbit is both very funny and thought provokingly satirical. His superb script has so much sparkling dialogue. There is a great cast with excellent performances from the two youngsters Roman Griffiths Davis and Thomasin McKenzie ably supported by Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and a hilarious Stephen Merchant. The music is great, bookended as it is by German versions of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Heroes". Fantastic.
A lot has already been said about the 1917 playing as a single tracking shot even though it was filmed in sections. This tour de force is courtesy of the best ever cinematographer that is Roger Deakins. I particularly loved the way the camera follows the soldiers along the trenches, down ditches and over the banks, just as if we were there, filming a documentary. But we also would be torn apart by barbed wire, and have to, on occasion, run like mad.
Director Sam Mendes has organised the crowd scenes with distinction, and has subtly shown the horrors of the war in tiny individual conflicts rather than huge battle scenes. The production design is brilliant. The cast is led by a top notch array of classy British acting talent led by George MacKay who I remember vividly from Sunshine on Leith and How I Live Now. There were flaws, especially the less than great dialogue and a howler at the end. But the film-making was extraordinary.
I left the cinema with a distinctly uncomfortable feeling after seeing Bombshell. Not only in the subject matter but how it was presented. It was all a bit of a mess. It didn't help that the part that was narrated was haphazard, part was fact and one role was fiction. However, it was such an amazing story that it was never less than riveting. The acting was all first class, the three female leads all excellent and John Lithgow completely convincing as the ogre Roger Ailes. Timely.
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