Taika Waititi Calls Critics “Sad Lost Souls” in Unhinged Rant Over ‘Klara and the Sun’: “Irrelevant. Out of Touch. Obsolete”

This is too funny. Taika Waititi has seen the reviews for "Klara and the Sun," or, by his own account, he hasn't. Either way, he's chosen Halloween to settle the score in a fairly nasty way, and you just can't help but chuckle at the lack of subtlety.

Waititi went to Instagram with a post that pointed to the film's 78% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and took aim, emojis included, at the people who panned it:

I haven't read a review of anything aimed at me or my peers in almost 15 years. But I do listen to the people. 💥🎉🫶🏽💦 So this Halloween, let's spare a thought for those sad lost souls who couldn't achieve their dreams of becoming artists, and thus became critics. The same people who also hated Jojo Rabbit 😂🤷🏽‍♂️ Irrelevant. Out of touch. Obsolete. In the bin. 🗑️😢🫶🏽

Somebody is clearly reading the reviews. The critical gap is enormous. On Rotten Tomatoes, only 24% of 66 reviews are positive, and Metacritic gives the film a 30 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. The bloodletting started at the film's world premiere, a gala at the BFI London Film Festival, where several critics answered with one-star reviews.

Then there's the "Jojo Rabbit" jab, which doesn't hold up. That film received fairly positive reviews, though some critics, myself included, weren't too taken with it. It also received six Oscar nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Critics didn't hate "Jojo Rabbit." They hated "Thor: Love and Thunder" and "Next Goal Wins," and they're definitely not wild about this one.

Firing back at critics is nothing new, but calling an entire profession “failed artists” who belong "in the bin" is hilarious. Remember, like many other filmmakers, it’s critics who boosted Waititi’s career early on by praising “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Hunt For Wilder People.”

Still, I'm loving how unhinged Waititi's rant is. It reads like a filmmaker who is absolutely frustrated by how things have gone down.

"Klara and the Sun," starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams, is (barely) in theaters now.