Klara and the Sun (2026)

What earned the score

• Same-Sex Robot Affection

  A woman lovingly kisses a robot who is referred to as “she,” presenting female-coded, same-sex affection on screen.

• Female-Coded Robot as Fighter

  A female-coded robot attacks a harvesting machine, sabotages it, and causes it to explode, placing her in a traditionally male-coded combat role.

• Robot Identity as Race Politics

  A woman complains that a robot is a “robot of color,” making the robot’s color a grievance and importing racialized identity politics into the story.

Details

When Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.

Starring

Jenna OrtegaMia ThariaAmy AdamsNatasha LyonneAran Murphy

Director

Taika Waititi

Writer

Dahvi WallerTaika WaititiKazuo Ishiguro

Genre

Science FictionDrama

Release Date

Oct 21, 2026

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  Minor clothes changing scene, no nudity.

  Whilst Klara (Jenna Ortega's Character) DOES get fully nude for a brief moment, as the character is a robot, it doesn't feature any nipples, just smooth breasts.

• Violence Moderate

  A character stabs herself in the neck with fantastical detail.

  A character attempts to drown Klara. Klara is then shown expelling a large volume of water.

• Profanity Mild

  Three uses of "bulls**t", other very minor profanity such as "crap"

  1 F-bomb. At least 2 GD.

• Drugs Mild
• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  Klara stabs herself through the throat with a screwdriver. A large volume of liquid leaves her body. This is the robot equivalent of blood.

  A character attempts to drown another.

  Suggested new MPA description: Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements, some violence and brief strong language.)

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