Rotten Tomatoes: 20% (from 10 reviews) with 3.60 average rating

Metacritic: 27/100 (8 critics)

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David Jenkins, Little White Lies - 1/5:

This potentially rich subject matter is squandered by Waititi who has a juvenile habit of undercutting any hint at profundity with a jolt of silly humour or a comic rug pull.

Clarissay Loughrey, The Independent - 2/5:

The book was about who we fundamentally are, now and tomorrow. The film is about the power of love and friendship. That seems like quite the downgrade.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian - 1/5:

Taika Waititi detonates an explosion of postmodern quirkiness and ironic dorkiness in this unbearably mannered, unspeakably acted film.

Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph - 1/5:

Ishiguro’s thoughts on the ever-evolving relationship between technology and humanity are tossed away like so much thematic confetti. It’s hard to fathom what Waititi thought he was doing in playing things for laughs.

Kevin Maher, The Times - 1/5:

It’s a hopeless film, slippery and mendacious, full of gross Hallmark sentiment, and has been bettered by a myriad of previous robot companion flicks.

Matt Rodgers, Flickering Myth - 3/5:

Klara and the Sun is simply a lovely little fable of hope about what it means to be human, anchored by a delightful performance from Jenna Ortega that makes it just about worthy of your time.

Ben Gibbons, Screenrant - 5/10:

I'm disappointed to say that Klara and the Sun fails to capture the beauty of a carefully constructed dystopian tale, instead offering up a ham-fisted sci-fi comedy with a hollow message.

Clotilde Chinnici, Loud and Clear - 3/5:

As an adaptation, it suffers from the lack of exploration of its central themes and a considerable struggle in its worldbuilding and set up.

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Director: Taika Waititi

Synopsis: Klara is an artificial intelligence friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home. It soon meets Josie, a young woman who has a fraught relationship with her mother. But Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty soon start to heal the family and bring some light to Josie's complicated world.

Release Date: October 23,, 2026 (theaters)

Runtime: 116 Minutes

Cast:

• Jenna Ortega
• Amy Adams
• Natasha Lyonne
• Steve Buscemi
• Mia Tharia
• Aran Murphy

So many movies you think you know what the bad guy's plan is only for it to turn out to be something different and often even better. Any fave examples?

For me, the gold standard is (no pun intended) "Goldfinger." Goldfinger does a big presentation to the gang bosses on robbing Fort Knox that Bond overhears. Bond matter-of-factly tells Goldfinger "I'm disappointed in you," as he lays out how it's physically impossible to move all that gold in anything less than a week and a half and Goldfinger only has two hours before the Army, Marines, National Guard, FBI and cops of four states are on top of him.

At which point, Goldfinger just replies, "Whoever mentioned removing it?"

It takes Bond a couple of moments to realize Goldfinger's real plan is to detonate a dirty bomb in Fort Knox, rendering the main gold supply of the U.S. unusable for 58 years, causing his own personal gold stocks to skyrocket over ten times in value. "I apologize. It's an inspired deal."

Any other faves like that?

Every October I (probably like you) end up scrolling through the horror section of every streaming service for hours before giving up and rewatching something or just settling on something that ends up being pretty mid. So - as a certified movie critic - I put together a guide of all my MY favorite modern horror movies for each and every streaming service.

Full links for guides below and hope you enjoy!

Netflix: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-netflix/
HBO Max: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-hbo-max/
Amazon Prime: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-prime-video/
Hulu: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-hulu/
Shudder: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-shudder/
Paramount+: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-paramount-plus/
Tubi: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-free-horror-movies-on-tubi/
Peacock: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-horror-movies-on-peacock/
Kanopy: https://silverscreenriot.com/best-free-horror-movies-on-kanopy/

(And please tell me in the comments anything that I've totally neglected and I may edit to add in!)

NOTE: This is for US geography, as results differ by location.

I feel completely surprised by the fact I never heard more about this. I somehow also understand why I didn't as well. It is brutal, and real, and everyone in this feels like someone that should have a chance in the world.

This is a devastatingly beautiful and scary film. Every single actor in this movie was perfect. The people you hate initially you almost can't hate at the end because of what this world has done to them.

What a terrifying world that we don't get to actually know about and it makes everything that you wonder about it so much more scary.

Man I am devastated but this was a beautiful movie to cry to!

The character 'Peter' in this movie I thought seemed so familiar and he actually plays the android in "Alien: Romulus" which is such an entirely differently placed character it just shows his unreal range. After that, I learned from a friend that same actor is actually going to be the next Black Panther and my god what a fantastic choice for Marvel. He has unreal range and I cannot wait to see what he does!

Gotta also mention the incredible job by actor Joshua Odjick as "Collie" and him being able to represent some native pride.

Okay serious question. I just rewatched reign of fire after 20 years. What I remember most about it was this dark, almost scary tone about it.

No… after the rewatch… it was all low budget studio or sets, dialogue that made Steven segal seem Oscar worthy and just I couldn’t take this movie serious. Everything was so rehearsed. Staged

But it’s such a campy early 2000s movie I just didn’t know existed. What are your thoughts?

It's a movie about dogs and it stars Willem Dafoe. I always put it off when it was on Disney Plus because I assumed it was just another slop title meant to fill the Disney Plus catalogue.

I saw the Fat Electrician's video about Togo and the film being removed from Disney Plus, I had no idea it was taken off! I went and watched it and oh, this film is wonderful! It's full of heart and the dogs are so adorable! Willem Dafoe is fantastic in the film and I really wish this was given a physical release of some kind, just because I really wish I could own a copy of it for myself.

Shame on companies that keep erasing great films just to get a tax break.

I have finally completed the frame-by-frame hand colorization of this amazing Fleischer Studios classic, the one and only Bimbo's Initiation!
This time, it took me almost double the time compared to Swing You Sinners, taking 14 months and lots and lots of clicks!

I had a lot of support for my previous work on this sub, I hope that I will get it also this time!