Klara and the Sun director Taika Waititi is pushing back against negative reviews of his latest film.
Waititi took to Instagram on Saturday, where he shared the film’s poster and highlighted the contrast between its audience and critics scores on Rotten Tomatoes. The poster shows that the film has a 78 percent audience score, compared to a 28 percent critics score.
“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,” Waititi wrote in his Instagram caption. “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.”
The film, which opened in theaters last week, earned an estimated $725,000 in its opening weekend at the box office and debuted outside the top 10. It opened in 880 North American theaters.…