working in a kind of cosmic Cameron Crowe mode, writer/director Sherman tries to mix the manic-pixie-dream-girl genre with some considerably weightier themes, placing the elements of his big climactic revelation carefully
a gentle, but evocative and effective mixture of drama, romance, mysticism, and science, Akash Sherman's "Clara" takes what could've been a standard, hokey meet-cute scenario and turns it into something intelligent and emotionally fruitful
by Brad Wheeler [The Globe and Mail ]
