Does Taika Waititi make ‘Klara and the Sun’ feel alive?

Variety reports that Taika Waititi’s adaptation of the novel “Klara and the Sun” is a calamitous android fantasy.

The review states there is no life — intelligent, artificial or otherwise — in the film.

It contrasts this outcome with Waititi’s earlier adaptation success, noting that adapting a complex novel as a child’s-eye comedy had worked once before with “Jojo Rabbit,” which won him an Oscar and grossed nearly $100 million.