# Klara and the Sun Review: Jenna Ortega's Manic Pixie Android

> Jenna Ortega's manic pixie android in Taika Waititi's confoundingly awful Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation.
- Title: Klara and the Sun Review: Jenna Ortega's Manic Pixie Android
- Summary: Jenna Ortega's manic pixie android in Taika Waititi's confoundingly awful Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation. Jenna Ortega plays a solar-powered artificial friend in…
- Keywords: klara and the sun, jenna ortega, taika waititi, kazuo ishiguro, film review, artificial friend, entertainment, culture, Klara, Sun, Review, Jenna
- Source: IndieWire — https://indiewire.com/criticism/movies/klara-and-the-sun-review-jenna-ortega-1235222961
- Author: Ryan Lattanzio
- Published: 2026-10-20T17:26:50+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: klara and the sun, jenna ortega, taika waititi, kazuo ishiguro, film review, artificial friend, entertainment, culture
## Film Review
Jenna Ortega stars as Klara, a solar-powered artificial friend in Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel.

> Klara and the Sun
## Director's Approach
Waititi's whimsical style clashes with Ishiguro's precise, emotionally grounded prose in the adaptation.

> confoundingly awful
## Critical Reception
The film's overuse of pastel sets and slapstick comedy undermines its attempts at emotional depth.

> pathologically allergic to sincerity
## Key Scene
Characters repeatedly get shocked by electric fences during a burning building rescue sequence.

> electric fence
## Key takeaway

Jenna Ortega plays a solar-powered artificial friend in Taika Waititi's poorly received adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel.