Taika Waititi Calls Klara And The Sun Critics ‘Obsolete’ — SkimNews
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- Taika Waititi used Instagram on Saturday to dismiss negative reviewers of Klara and the Sun as “sad lost souls” who could not achieve their artistic dreams and thus became critics.
- Rotten Tomatoes showed the film’s audience score falling from the 78% Waititi cited Saturday to 73%, while its critics rating stood at 26%.
- Sony Pictures cut Klara and the Sun’s U.S. wide release to 880 theaters this month following negative reviews from BFI.
- Klara and the Sun opened last weekend to $701K domestically against a reported $20M budget.
- Damon White wrote in Deadline that Waititi seemed suited to direct Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopian novel but concluded the film “doesn’t deliver on any of the fronts it promises.”
- Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the 2021 dystopian novel adapted into the film, which stars Jenna Ortega as the android Klara and Mia Tharia as the gravely ill teenager Josie, whose family is mourning older sister Sal.
Why it matters: For Sony Pictures, a 73% audience score did not translate into theatrical momentum: the reported $20M film opened to $701K domestically and was cut to 880 U.S. theaters following negative BFI reviews. Sony’s release became materially narrower despite favorable audience reception.
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