Klara and the Sun

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Based on the bestselling novel from Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro and written and directed by Academy-Award® winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Klara and the Sun introduces audiences to Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home. When Klara meets Josie (Mia Tharia), each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother (Amy Adams) and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.

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Flattening the nuanced ideas of its acclaimed source material with a tonally broad approach, Klara and the Sun aims to be endearing and inspiring but winds up cloying and twee.

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Elevated by Jenna Ortega’s luminous performance, Klara and the Sun may occasionally fly too close to its Celestial flame, but its poignant exploration of grief and striking imagery make for a memorable experience.

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Cortlyn Kelly

RogerEbert.com

2 days ago

2/4

Yet the premise is far more existential than Waititi’s adaptation makes it.

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Laura Miller

Slate

3 days ago

If Waititi were willing to make Klara’s situation a bit more forlorn, or to press a bit harder when pointing out the futility of her efforts, the movie might have worked as a satire of Hollywood’s morale-priming clichés.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

3 days ago

2.5/4

One can’t help but respond to Klara’s essential unjaded sweetness and to how her relationship with both Josie and Chrissy develops.

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Leigh Paatsch

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

1 day ago

3/5

Under the direction of Waititi, the movie strikes an unusual balance between twee, simple comedy and sophisticated drama that will not to be to the taste of all viewers.

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

1 day ago

3/5

Waititi's quirky take may lack the profundity of Ishiguro's previous adaptations, but the movie is far from terrible. Ortega's cheery, wide-eyed optimism as Klara is quite endearing.

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Maxance Vincent

Cosmic Circus

1 day ago

1/5

It lightly treads on themes of empathy and grief in ways so surface-level that it almost spits in the face of one of our greatest-ever authors.

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Marilyn G

55 min ago

It was entertaining but about robots. It was well done portraying human-like robots. The actors did a good job & it was interesting.

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Andrew

21 hrs ago

Amazing storytelling with a rich exploration of religion. Amy Adams turns in another star performance

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Saint

1 day ago

Didn’t know what to expect but it turned out a really fantastic film.

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Linda

1 day ago

The storyline is timely and the way it is told is humorous, engaging, and entertaining. The person who plays Klara brings the story to life on the big screen with a heartfelt performance.

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Joseph M

2 days ago

Not what I anticipated it to be

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Dwayne

2 days ago

Like any film adaptation, certain changes were inevitable. Some, like truncated dialogue, are just a necessary evil of the medium. Others, like the surprisingly light, comical tone, felt jarring at first, but in hindsight, they do help balance an otherwise deeply melancholy story. Having the full context of the book actually helps fill in some gaps, so its worth a read, either before or after watching.

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Based on the bestselling novel from Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro and written and directed by Academy-Award® winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Klara and the Sun introduces audiences to Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home. When Klara meets Josie (Mia Tharia), each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother (Amy Adams) and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.

Director: Taika Waititi
Producer: David Heyman, Garrett Basch, Taika Waititi
Screenwriter: Taika Waititi, Dahvi Waller
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: 3000 Pictures, Spyglass Media Group
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 56m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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