09-09-2019 22:19 via kvoa.com

Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ finds a mixed response in Toronto

TORONTO (AP) — Taika Waititi’s comedy “Jojo Rabbit,” set in Nazi Germany and starring himself as Adolf Hitler, is one the most divisive movies at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Following its premiere Sunday night, “Jojo Rabbit” was hailed as a masterpiece, an eccentric opus and a worthy heir to Charlie Chaplin’s “The Dictator” by some. Others deemed it a badly misjudged misfire that awkwardly melds humor with atrocity no better than
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