Entertainmentby Guy Lodge
Review: Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ is a Calamitous Misfire
Key Takeaways
- Taika Waititi adapts Kazuo Ishiguro's novel 'Klara and the Sun'.
- Jenna Ortega stars as an artificial friend to an ailing teenager.
- Critics panned the film for its ill-suited whimsical comedic tone.
- The movie is seen as a poor match between filmmaker and source material.
Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel 'Klara and the Sun' has been heavily panned by critics. Despite a dedicated performance by Jenna Ortega as an artificial friend to an ailing teen, the director's choice to lean into whimsical comedy ruins the story's melancholic tone. Reviewers note that Waititi's style is fundamentally incompatible with Ishiguro's delicate exploration of android consciousness.
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