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‘Klara and the Sun’ review: Taika Waititi's new sci-fi film had so much potential, but not even Jenna Ortega can save it

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‘Klara and the Sun’ review: Taika Waititi's new sci-fi film had so much potential, but not even Jenna Ortega can save it

I’ve found that a little bit of Taika Waititi’s whimsy goes a long way, and the more twee his movies get, the more annoying they become. That contrast is particularly evident in the two “Thor” movies he directed for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which received very different responses despite having essentially the same tone and style. The goofiness of “Thor: Ragnarok” felt refreshing, while the same goofiness turned irritating when it was amped up even further in “Thor: Love and Thunder.”

  • Rating: 2/5 Stars
  • Verdict: Twee sci-fi adaptation “Klara and the Sun” is an annoying misfire from director and co-writer Taika Waititi. The story of a wide-eyed android who bonds with a teenage girl is too silly until it becomes too sappy, and it fails to rouse any response other than irritation in either mode.
  • Where to watch: Opens in theaters Oct. 23

Waititi’s new adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel “Klara and the Sun” isn’t nearly as silly as his “Thor” movies, but it’s nonetheless incredibly cloying, with a cutesy tone that’s only modulated by an even more insipid maudlin tendency.

Ishiguro is known for writing lyrical, haunting stories about the human condition, and the sci-fi themes of “Klara and the Sun” are similar to the ideas in Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me Go,” which was adapted into a heartbreaking movie by Mark Romanek in 2010. Waititi isn’t equipped to handle those weighty concerns, though, and he turns the story into a simplistic, mawkish fable.

The world-building in the screenplay by Waititi and Dahvi Waller is sketchy at best, depicting a generic dystopian future with seemingly no interest in exploring its larger ramifications.


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