Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun Premieres to Mixed Reviews in London
The dystopian sci-fi film starring Jenna Ortega opened at the London Film Festival, where critics panned its sentimental tone while the cast promoted its message on technology.
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The story so far
10 publishers have covered this in 17 articles since 15 Oct 2026. Deadline published first, on 15 October at 20:15 UTC; The Guardian Culture followed 1 min later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 23 October at 23:34 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Guardian Culture (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The New York Times (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), Deadline, South China Morning Post, IndieWire, The A.V. Club, NME.
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- Will "Klara and the Sun" Opening Weekend Box Office be between $2M and $3M? — resolved “No” on 26 Oct 2026. The market resolves based on the final domestic gross for the three-day opening weekend of October 23–25 as reported by The Numbers. You must wait until these figures are confirmed as final, not preliminary estimates, to determine if the total falls between $2 million and $3 million.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will "Klara and the Sun" Opening Weekend Box Office be between $2M and $3M? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.
- Deadline‘Klara And The Sun’ Review: Taika Waititi’s Latest Is A Curiously Flat Dystopian Comedy-Drama – London Film Festival—
- The Guardian CultureKlara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess—
- VarietyJenna Ortega Says She Hopes ‘Klara and the Sun’ Encourages People to ‘Put Down the Computers and Phones’ as Dystopian Film World Premieres in London—
- South China Morning PostKlara and the Sun review: Jenna Ortega is an android in upbeat but saccharine sci-fi fable—
- Variety‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: There’s No Life — Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise — in Taika Waititi’s Calamitous Android Fantasy—
- Variety Australia‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: There’s No Life — Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise — in Taika Waititi’s Calamitous Android Fantasy—
- VarietyTaika Waititi Confirms His ‘Star Wars’ Movie Has Been Put ‘on Ice’ Indefinitely—
- The Hollywood Reporter‘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—
- IndieWire‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: Jenna Ortega Plays a Manic Pixie Android in Taika Waititi’s Confoundingly Awful Kazuo Ishiguro Adaptation—
- The Hollywood ReporterTaika 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”—
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- The Guardian Culture‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun—
- The New York Times‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: She’s Not Like the Other Girls—
- The A.V. ClubJenna Ortega outshines the rest of Taika Waititi's cloying A.I. riff Klara And The Sun—
- News FeedKlara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro’s AI novel becomes a chirpy fairytale—
- NMETaika Waititi’s ‘Klara And The Sun’ soundtrack proves his indie kid credentials7%
- The Hollywood Reporter‘Wicker’ Premieres, Taika Waititi Debuts ‘Klara and the Sun’ and This Week’s Best Events7%
- DeadlineAll The Songs In ‘Klara And The Sun’: Violent Femmes & More7%
- Market resolved: No
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘Wicker’ Premieres, Taika Waititi Debuts ‘Klara and the Sun’ and This Week’s Best Events The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro’s AI novel becomes a chirpy fairytale News Feed ·
- ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: She’s Not Like the Other Girls The New York Times ·
- ‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun The Guardian Culture ·
- 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” The Hollywood Reporter ·
- ‘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 The Hollywood Reporter ·
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- Taika Waititi Confirms His ‘Star Wars’ Movie Has Been Put ‘on Ice’ Indefinitely Variety ·
- ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: There’s No Life — Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise — in Taika Waititi’s Calamitous Android Fantasy Variety Australia ·
- ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: There’s No Life — Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise — in Taika Waititi’s Calamitous Android Fantasy Variety ·
- 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 Variety ·
- Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess The Guardian Culture ·
- All The Songs In ‘Klara And The Sun’: Violent Femmes & More Deadline
- Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara And The Sun’ soundtrack proves his indie kid credentials NME
- Jenna Ortega outshines the rest of Taika Waititi's cloying A.I. riff Klara And The Sun The A.V. Club
- ‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: Jenna Ortega Plays a Manic Pixie Android in Taika Waititi’s Confoundingly Awful Kazuo Ishiguro Adaptation IndieWire
- Klara and the Sun review: Jenna Ortega is an android in upbeat but saccharine sci-fi fable South China Morning Post
- ‘Klara And The Sun’ Review: Taika Waititi’s Latest Is A Curiously Flat Dystopian Comedy-Drama – London Film Festival Deadline
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- Taika Waititi
- Jenna Ortega
- Klara and the Sun
- Kazuo Ishiguro