‘Sad lost souls’: Taika Waititi lambasts critics after Klara and the Sun box-office disaster
The Jojo Rabbit director blamed the dismal numbers for his film of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel on ‘obsolete’ reviewers’ notices, adding that he works ‘for the people’ – whose Rotten Tomatoes ratings are much higher
TL;DR
- Taika Waititi publicly criticized film critics, calling them 'sad lost souls' and 'obsolete'.
- This criticism comes after his new film, Klara and the Sun, experienced a disastrous commercial performance.
- Waititi pointed to a discrepancy between audience scores (74%) and critic scores (26%) on Rotten Tomatoes for his film.
- He stated his preference for listening to 'the people' rather than reading reviews aimed at him.
- Klara and the Sun earned a reported $44m to make but only $701,000 on its opening weekend in North America.
- The film also performed poorly in the UK, earning £176,000 on its opening weekend.
- Negative reviews from prominent critics like Peter Bradshaw, Wendy Ide, and Tim Grierson were cited.
- The film experienced a 79% drop in its second weekend at the North American box office.