Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 satirical drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, who adapted the screenplay from Christine Leunens's 2008 book Caging Skies. It stars Roman Griffin Davis as Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a ten-year-old Hitler Youth member who finds out that his mother, Rosie (Scarlett Johansson), is hiding a Jewish girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), in their attic. He then begins to question his beliefs while dealing with the intervention of his imaginary friend, a buffoonish version of Adolf Hitler (Waititi). The film also features Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, and Alfie Allen.
Jojo Rabbit premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2019, where it won the People's Choice Award. The film was released theatrically by Fox Searchlight Pictures in the United States on October 18, opening in five theatres before expanding over the following weeks. It was released in New Zealand on October 24 and in most other territories in January and February 2020. Produced on a budget of $14 million, the film grossed $90.3 million worldwide during its original theatrical run, with a 2023 re-release in New Zealand bringing its total gross up to $93.6 million. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Some lauded the satire and humor, with praise also directed towards the writing and acting. Others criticised how the film handled the sensitivities of the subject matter, taking aim at the comedy, inconsistent tone, and lack of historical accuracy. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100 from 57 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Jojo Rabbit garnered awards and nominations in various categories, with particular recognition for the screenplay, acting, and production elements. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film received six nominations, including Best Picture. Waititi won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, making him the first person of indigenous descent to do so. He also won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, where the film was nominated in six categories. Jojo Rabbit earned a further seven nominations at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards, where debutant Roman Griffin Davis won Best Young Performer. The film also received two nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards and won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Both the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review named Jojo Rabbit one of the Top Ten Films of 2019.
Accolades + AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultAACTA International Awards January 3, 2020 Best Screenplay Academy AwardsFebruary 9, 2020 Best Picture , Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Best Production Design and Nora Sopková Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards January 10, 2020 Best Picture Jojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards January 17, 2020 Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical American Film Institute Awards January 3, 2020 Top 10 Films of the Year Jojo Rabbit Art Directors Guild Awards February 1, 2020 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Artios Awards January 30, 2020 Studio or Independent – Comedy Austin Film Critics Association Awards January 7, 2020 Best Film Jojo Rabbit Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Bodil Awards May 28, 2021 Best American Film Jojo Rabbit British Academy Film AwardsFebruary 2, 2020 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Editing Best Original Score Best Production Design and Nora Sopková Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2019 Most Promising Performer Best Adapted Screenplay Chlotrudis Awards March 25, 2020 Best Use of Music in Film Cinema for Peace Awards February 23, 2020 Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Film of the Year Jojo Rabbit Cork International Film Festival Awards November 17, 2019 Audience Award Costume Designers Guild Awards January 28, 2020 Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 12, 2020 Best Picture Jojo Rabbit Best Supporting Actress Best Young Actor/Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Comedy Jojo Rabbit Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2019 Best Film Jojo Rabbit Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 9, 2019 Best Film Jojo Rabbit Best Director Best Supporting Actress Directors Guild of America Awards January 25, 2020 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Fantastic Fest Awards September 25, 2019 Audience Award Jojo Rabbit Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 23, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Pauline Kael Breakout Award Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 5, 2020 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Jojo Rabbit Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Panda Awards September 20, 2023 Best Film Jojo Rabbit Best Director – Film Category Best Original Score – Film Category Best Screenplay – Film Category Golden Reel AwardsJanuary 19, 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film , Tobias Poppe, Susan Dawes, David V. Butler and Helen Luttrell Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Underscore Golden Trailer Awards July 22, 2021 Best Comedy Searchlight Pictures and Mark Woollen & Associates (for "Imaginary") Best Independent Trailer Searchlight Pictures and Motive (for "Teaser") Best Teaser Searchlight Pictures and Motive (for "Teaser") Best Comedy TV Spot (for a Feature Film) Searchlight Pictures and Motive (for "Bedtime Stories") Searchlight Pictures and Mark Woollen & Associates (for "Unsinn") Best Graphics in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film) Searchlight Pictures and Mark Woollen & Associates (for "Unsinn") Best Independent TV Spot (for a Feature Film) Searchlight Pictures and Mark Woollen & Associates (for "Unsinn") Searchlight Pictures and Motive (for "What Is This") Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film) Searchlight Pictures and Motive (for "Bedtime Stories") Best Comedy Poster Searchlight Pictures, Lindeman & Associates and Eclipse (for "Cast Poster") Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film Searchlight Pictures (for "Downfall Meme") Best Comedy/Drama Trailerbyte for a Feature Film Searchlight Pictures, Motive and Chen Liang (for "Fairy Tales with Shitler") Grammy Awards March 14, 2021 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Jojo Rabbit (Various Artists) Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro November 28, 2021 Best International Film Jojo Rabbit Hollywood Critics Association Awards January 9, 2020 Best Picture Jojo Rabbit Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Performance by an Actor or Actress 23 and Under Hollywood Film AwardsNovember 3, 2019 Hollywood Cinematography Award Hollywood Production Design Award Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 23, 2019 Best Original Score in a Feature Film Hollywood Professional Association Awards November 19, 2020 Outstanding Color Grading – Theatrical Feature (Company 3) Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2020 Best Picture Jojo Rabbit Best Supporting Actress Humanitas Prize January 24, 2020 Comedy or Musical Feature FilmJojo Rabbit IndieWire Critics Poll December 16, 2019 Best Actress International Film Music Critics Association Awards February 20, 2020 Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Leeds International Film Festival Awards November 11, 2019 Audience Award – Fiction Feature Jojo Rabbit Location Managers Guild Awards October 24, 2020 Outstanding Locations in a Period Film London Film Critics' Circle Awards January 30, 2020 Young British/Irish Performer of the Year National Board of Review Awards 3 December 2019 Top Ten Films Jojo Rabbit New York Film Critics Online Awards December 7, 2019 Top 10 Films of the Year Jojo Rabbit Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2020 Best Picture Jojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay Producers Guild of America Awards January 18, 2020 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Jojo Rabbit San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 9, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Comedic Performance Best Adapted Screenplay Best Use of Music Jojo Rabbit Breakthrough Artist San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards December 16, 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Satellite AwardsDecember 19, 2019 Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy/Musical Best Adapted Screenplay Saturn AwardsOctober 26, 2021 Best International Film Jojo Rabbit Best Performance by a Younger Actor Best Production Design Best Costume Design Screen Actors Guild Awards January 19, 2020Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Thomasin McKenzie, Stephen Merchant, Sam Rockwell, Taika Waititi and Rebel Wilson Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Seattle Film Critics Society Awards December 16, 2019 Best Youth Performance Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards January 7, 2020 Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 15, 2019 Best Film Jojo Rabbit Best Comedy Film Jojo Rabbit Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Toronto International Film Festival Awards September 15, 2019 Grolsch People's Choice AwardJojo Rabbit Turkish Film Critics Association Awards March 28, 2021 Best Foreign FilmJojo Rabbit UK Jewish Film Festival Awards January 25, 2020 Dorfman Best Film Award Jojo Rabbit USC Scripter Awards January 25, 2020 Best Film Adaptation Jojo Rabbit (adapted from Caging Skies by Christine Leunens) Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 8 December 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Youth Performance Best Production Design and Nora Sopková Webby Awards May 19, 2020 Social – Television & Film Searchlight Pictures and Everybody at Once (for "Jojo Rabbit's Close Friends") Writers Guild of America Awards February 1, 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Young Artist Awards November 24, 2020 Outstanding Breakthrough Performance Award , Archie Yates and Thomasin McKenzie
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