tles7 Review of Tomorrow, the World!

Tomorrow, the World! (1944)

6 stars because it is somewhat entertaining....but ridiculous.

[6/10 · 3 April 2018]

Some other reviewer put it best: The Bad Seed meets Nazi Dennis the Menace. There is a terrible music score that resembles the black humor music used as background in The Bad Seed. This is a propaganda piece. The child actor who is now best remembered as an adult character on an original Star Trek episode, speaks his dialogue with an accent that wavers and isn't convincing. It's obvious that English is his first language. In addition, it's hard to believe that this nutty kid would have even been let into this country, He would have been beaten to the point of hospitalization after Day 1. The scenes, like the movie are black and white, no gray areas here. It's an interesting curio but not powerful. It is ground breaking though where they hold no punches in having jewish characters the target of hatred. Americans are portrayed as the understanding practioners of kindness. It would have been more interesting if the kid actually found some other people to work together with him (the local nazi sympathizers) and then they were all executed as spies at the end. But no. The young girl living in the house is fascinated by the nazi kid and probably needs more therapy than anyone else in the movie. The theme presented here is that once the kid experiences the American way of life, he should naturally lose all interest in his cause. This may be the most relevant piece for today as many believe that some terrorists abandon their jihad cause once they are living in the U.S. for a while. This is hardly a great movie but interesting to watch.