Klara and the Sun

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Klara and the Sun

PG-13

Oct 2026

1h 56m

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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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Critics Consensus

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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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

1 day ago

C

What grows wearisome about Klara And The Sun is not Klara herself, but the many conceptual hoops the movie lines up for itself to jump through

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Richard Roeper

NBC 5 Chicago

1 day ago

1.5/4

The visuals in "Klara and the Sun" are a garish mashup of "Willy Wonka" meets "The Wizard of Oz," with none of the sly charm or effective humor and adventure of those two films.

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Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

3 days ago

2.5/5

The film feels more out of reach as it journeys on, as if there is a deeper truth it was scared of, so opts instead for easy-to-reach platitudes.

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Aglaia Berlutti

El nacional

Nov 6, 2026

C

Adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name, the film lacks the bittersweet and contemplative tenderness of the original work. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Theo Rollason

In Review Online

Nov 5, 2026

Lurches between tonal registers... [and] the effect becomes harder and harder to take as the film piles on increasingly insistent appeals to sentiment.

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Linda

Nov 5, 2026

Good sentimental film about love.

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MARINA L

Nov 3, 2026

Good story and plot

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Mary K

Nov 2, 2026

Great movie. My sister and I both enjoyed it. Definitely recommend if you enjoy a bit of sci-fi, family drama, and can imagine an artificial being having a positive impact on humans. The ending was different. My sister felt that there were loose ends but the ending seemed symbolic to me and made perfect sense.

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Mr Hollywood

Nov 2, 2026

It had potential but it squanders it. It started out fun but by the end it’s all over the place. Such a wasted journey

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Joseph m

Nov 2, 2026

Super filmed to think about what happens to robots once they become almost

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S C

Nov 2, 2026

The movie is definetely fresh. Havent read the book so I dont know how different it is. I can say that the movie is engaging and show topics and point of views that are interesting, its not dumb. A shame the movie didnt convey a deeper mesaage, it is happy just showing. Made me wanna read the book. Btw there are movies that deviate a lot from the book and ate still good like Starship Troopers or Nolans Odyssey.

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Synopsis

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
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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