Klara is an Artificial Friend, a solar-powered android designed to prevent loneliness, whose only wish is to find a home where she truly belongs. When she is purchased for Josie, a chronically ill teenage girl, the pair immediately sense a kindred spirit in each other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and the family has suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder, boundless devotion and unwavering loyalty gradually begin to heal old wounds, bringing warmth and light to Josie's complicated world, based on Kazuo Ishiguro's bestselling novel.
Review:
A tender, visually inventive adaptation that finds genuine emotional depth in its android protagonist's perspective, with Jenna Ortega delivering a remarkably controlled, moving lead performance.