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Jojo Rabbit wins Grolsch People’s Choice Award


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Published : 17 Sep 2019 04:49 PM | Updated : 03 Sep 2020 10:37 PM

Jojo Rabbit’ is the winner of this year’s Toronto Film Festival Grolsch People’s Choice Award. First runner-up was Netflix’s ‘Marriage Story’, and the second runner-up was Neon’s Cannes winner ‘Parasite’.

The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the awards-season race even if it is selected by festival moviegoers who vote online following a screening. At its world premiere screening last Sunday evening, director Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ was rapturously received by the opening-night audience, perhaps the most enthusiastic reception of the festival I thought at the time. However, critics were decidedly mixed when reviews hit and the film currently stands at 75% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

The offbeat film from Fox Searchlight is about a  boy in Nazi Germany who discovers his family is harboring a Jewish girl. 

Fox Searchlight will begin platforming Jojo Rabbit on October 18. 

The runner-up films, Noah Baumbach’s critically acclaimed Marriage Story, and Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean Cannes Palme d’Or winner Parasite, both played well in Toronto after great success at earlier festivals and should see their momentum continuing with their showing at TIFF. Incidentally, Scarlett Johansson stars in both Jojo Rabbit and Marriage Story.    —Deadline