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Rating: Q=6, P=7 / Can't Get Enough
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=4, Scale 4=3
Dark Comedy, Satire, WWII, Drama, Coming of Age
What a strange and compelling film from Taika Waititi--one of my new favorite directors. I was enamored by how a story about a little boy who is a Nazi/Hitler fanatic and who's mother hides a Jewish girl in their attic could somehow be light-hearted and funny. Don't get me wrong, there are moments here that are gut-wrenching and juxtapositions that are truly dark and morbid. But this story sucks you in and makes you think in ways most war films haven't before. And that Waititi chose to make this film today offers another interesting lens. Great film.
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