Over the weekend, Fox Searchlight’s JOJO RABBIT had it’s WORLD PREMIERE out at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), getting a standing ovation after the viewing. In attendance, director Taika Waititi,Scarltt Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Stpehen Gilula, Nancy Utley, Matthew Greenfield, Mircea Monroe, Stephen Merchant, David Greenbaum, Alfie Allen, and many others. You can check out some of what was said on Twitter below.
Taika Waititi's #JojoRabbit Gets Standing Ovation at TIFF
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Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Taika Waititi, Thomasin McKenzie, Roman Griffin Davis
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Writer director Taika Waititi (THOR: RAGNAROK, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE), brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, JOJO RABBIT, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as JoJo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
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