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Taika Waititi’s film Klara and the Sun, opening in UK cinemas on 23 October, centres on Klara, an artificial friend bought to keep a teenager company. BuzzFeed’s review finds the bond between Klara and Josie more compelling than the film’s treatment of loss and love.
Why it mattersThe review also points to questions about AI companions and the ethics around them, though it says the film leaves some of those questions underexplored. A modest cultural signal, then, rather than a story about a real-world AI product: even a solar-powered fictional friend can prompt an argument about what people want from machines.
Discuss: Should stories about AI companions focus more on the relationships people form with them, or on the ethical questions those relationships raise?
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