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Critics Pan Taika Waititi's 'Klara and the Sun' at London Film Festival

Following its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2026, Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel 'Klara and the Sun,' starring Jenna Ortega, received widely negative reviews from critics.

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Oct 27, 11:26 AM slate.com Taika Waititi Adapted a Strange and Beautiful Novel. The Result Is Shaping Up to Be a Legendary Bomb.
Oct 23, 4:34 PM deadline.com All The Songs In ‘Klara And The Sun’: Violent Femmes & More
Oct 23, 1:15 PM phoenixmag.com Jenna Ortega is a Real Doll in “Klara and the Sun”
Oct 22, 9:30 PM tomsguide.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ review: Taika Waititi's new sci-fi film had so much potential, but not even Jenna Ortega can save it
Oct 22, 12:00 PM polygon.com Jenna Ortega's New Sci-Fi Movie Turns Compelling AI Drama Into One Big Joke
Oct 22, 10:25 AM thewrap.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: Jenna Ortega’s Defective Robot Movie Struggles With Human Emotions
Oct 22, 4:26 AM nbcchicago.com Beloved book ‘Klara and the Sun' blunders on the big screen: Roeper's reviews
Oct 22, 2:02 AM nytimes.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: She’s Not Like the Other Girls
Oct 22, 2:00 AM mashable.com Klara and the Sun review: Jenna Ortega fans, respectfully look away
Oct 21, 6:00 AM nypost.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ review: Jenna Ortega plays an annoying robot in sci-fi slop
Oct 21, 3:00 AM bostonglobe.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ is eclipsed by bad choices
Oct 20, 10:44 AM hollywoodreporter.com Taika Waititi Says It’s “Probably Inevitable” AI Will Be Used in Hollywood But It’s “Boring and Lame” to “Type in Prompts to Make a Movie”
Oct 20, 10:26 AM indiewire.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: Jenna Ortega Plays a Manic Pixie Android in Taika Waititi’s Confoundingly Awful Kazuo Ishiguro Adaptation
Oct 20, 8:37 AM thedailybeast.com Oscar Winner’s Latest Feel-Good Fable is Very, Very Bad
Oct 20, 8:00 AM hollywoodreporter.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams Should Have Insisted on a Factory Reset for Taika Waititi’s Cloying, Clumsy AI Fable
Oct 17, 1:45 PM variety.com ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: There’s No Life — Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise — in Taika Waititi’s Calamitous Android Fantasy
Oct 16, 2:49 PM forbes.com Jenna Ortega’s ‘Klara And The Sun’ Earns Low Critics’ Score In Early Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
Oct 15, 3:43 PM variety.com Jenna Ortega Says She Hopes ‘Klara and the Sun’ Encourages People to ‘Put Down the Computers and Phones’ as Dystopian Film World Premieres in London
Oct 15, 3:12 PM pagesix.com BFI London Film Festival’s ‘Klara and The Sun’ red carpet photos: Florence Pugh, Jenna Ortega and more
Oct 15, 1:15 PM deadline.com ‘Klara And The Sun’ Review: Taika Waititi’s Latest Is A Curiously Flat Dystopian Comedy-Drama – London Film Festival