Taika Waititi Calls Critics 'Sad Lost Souls' After Klara and the Sun Box-Office Failure
The director defends his film's audience score by dismissing professional reviewers as obsolete while highlighting viewer support.
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The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 31 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 31 October at 21:15 UTC; Movies | Hollywood Reporter followed 1h 26m later. The most recent article, from IndieWire, appeared on 3 November at 14:30 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety Australia (major outlet), Movies | Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The Guardian Culture (major outlet), Deadline, The A.V. Club, IndieWire.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyTaika Waititi Slams ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics as ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Sad Lost Souls’ and Says He Wasn’t ‘Read a Review’ in 15 Years: I ‘Listen to the People’
- Variety AustraliaTaika Waititi Slams ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics as ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Sad Lost Souls’ and Says He Hasn’t ‘Read a Review’ in 15 Years: ‘But I Do Listen to the People’
- Movies | Hollywood Reporter‘Klara and the Sun’ Director Taika Waititi Calls Critics “Sad Lost Souls” Over Negative Reviews
- DeadlineTaika Waititi Calls ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics “Irrelevant, Out Of Touch, Obsolete”
- The A.V. ClubTaika Waititi says critics who dislike Klara And The Sun are just "sad lost souls"
- The Guardian Culture‘Sad lost souls’: Taika Waititi lambasts critics after Klara and the Sun box-office disaster
- IndieWireTaika Waititi’s Delusional ‘Klara and the Sun’ Instagram Post Exemplifies the Dangers of a Growing Divide Between Critics and Artists in the Digital Age
Sources
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- ‘Sad lost souls’: Taika Waititi lambasts critics after Klara and the Sun box-office disaster The Guardian Culture ·
- ‘Klara and the Sun’ Director Taika Waititi Calls Critics “Sad Lost Souls” Over Negative Reviews Movies | Hollywood Reporter ·
- Taika Waititi Slams ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics as ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Sad Lost Souls’ and Says He Hasn’t ‘Read a Review’ in 15 Years: ‘But I Do Listen to the People’ Variety Australia ·
- Taika Waititi Slams ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics as ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Sad Lost Souls’ and Says He Wasn’t ‘Read a Review’ in 15 Years: I ‘Listen to the People’ Variety ·
- Taika Waititi’s Delusional ‘Klara and the Sun’ Instagram Post Exemplifies the Dangers of a Growing Divide Between Critics and Artists in the Digital Age IndieWire
- Taika Waititi says critics who dislike Klara And The Sun are just "sad lost souls" The A.V. Club
- Taika Waititi Calls ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics “Irrelevant, Out Of Touch, Obsolete” Deadline
In this story
- Taika Waititi
- Klara and the Sun
- Jenna Ortega
- Amy Adams