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Taika Waititi blamed critics for his film’s box-office failure, arguing that outdated professional reviews hurt the movie despite strong audience approval.
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‘Sad lost souls’: Taika Waititi lambasts critics after Klara and the Sun box-office disaster
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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 higherTaika Waititi has launched a furious broadside at “critics” following the disastrous commercial performance of Klara and the Sun, his new film adapted from a Kazuo Ishiguro novel.In a post on social media, Waititi wrote: “This Halloween, let’s spare a thought for those sad lost souls who couldn’t achieve their dreams of becoming artists, and thus settled, and became critics.” Continue reading...
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