The Electric State

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The Electric State

PG-13

2025

2h 8m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Comedy

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The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now live in exile following a failed uprising. Everything Michelle thinks she knows about the world is upended one night when she's visited by Cosmo, a sweet, mysterious robot who appears to be controlled by Christopher -- Michelle's genius younger brother whom she thought was dead. Determined to find the beloved sibling she thought she had lost, Michelle sets out across the American southwest with Cosmo, and soon finds herself reluctantly joining forces with Keats (Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World), a low-rent smuggler, and his wisecracking robot sidekick, Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie). As they venture into the Exclusion Zone, a walled-off corner in the desert where robots now exist on their own, Keats and Michelle find a strange, colorful group of new animatronic allies -- and begin to learn that the forces behind Christopher's disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.

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Critics Consensus

Lumbering along like a giant automaton, The Electric State has plenty of hardware to back it up but none of the spark that'd make it come to life.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

There is a very Marvel-ish aspect to this film, but in a recycled and dull way.

May 13, 2025

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Shirley Li

The Atlantic

The Electric State is so transparently eager to satisfy as many demographics of viewers as possible that it proves its own message: that a world dependent on business interests and technological optimization dulls artistic potential and human ingenuity.

Mar 20, 2025

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Sam Adams

Slate

The beats of a Russo brothers movie are so predetermined they don’t bear lingering on, but The Electric State might be the first time they’ve opted to just skip over them altogether.

Mar 17, 2025

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Kent Garrison

Mad About Movies Podcast

I'm disappointed in myself for watching this. Netflix got me.

Rated: D-

May 29, 2025

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Josiah Teal

Battle Royale With Cheese

There is an audience for The Electric State, but too often, the film hopes misalign with the climatic payoffs, leading to a fascinating world but unlikely to spark the next box-office-breaking franchise.

May 6, 2025

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Shawn Peer

That Shelf

Despite having all the ingredients for a sumptuous cinematic buffet, The Electric State is inexcusably bland and boring.

Apr 26, 2025

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andrea c

I fratelli Russo con l'ennesimo budget mastodontico, messo a disposizione da Netflix, cercano di creare un prodotto entusiasmante ed aperto a tutti, con un concept che se sfruttato bene permette numeri altissimi di visualizzazioni ed engagement. Il format è molto semplice, uso centrale della CGI (molto bene nel complesso per qualità e varietà), utilizzo di protagonisti facilmente riconoscibili e molto semplici anche da individuare caratterialmente (molto poco interessanti con Pratt che fa il solito Pratt e stessa cosa per la Brown) che altro non fanno che interpretare personaggi già visti sullo schermo proprio con i loro volti; ed una trama di rivalsa sociale e di giustizia contro il villain mosso da ideologie poco credibili non tanto per il fine quanto per i mezzi. Il risultato è un prodotto senza sussulti, in cui ci si gode con piacere la CGI ma in cui si ha la sensazione di rivisto, di nulla di originale. Senza dubbio, togliendo la spensieratezza del prodotto, visto il budget e le premesse, il risultato è abbondantemente negativo.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Indriði V

A very good entertainment . Silly , but fun..

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/13/25

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Audience Member

Se valora que hayan invertido en efectos especiales, dando una buena calidad visual; algo que Marvel y DC han dejado de hacer. Por lo demás, me recuerda a las películas para niños de los 80's.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/25

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Kyle M

Inferior to the Russo Brothers’ marvelous endeavors when replaying their visual tendencies of attempting sequential exhilaration to attract than discuss per its source material with topical contexts underlying surprising relevant considerations, it’s decently fun enough to accept the main functions coming across as humorous whilst serving a unique dystopian narrative to boost the timely layered discourse. (B)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/25

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Vrt V

I am offended by the budget of this movie, and by how the original material of the novel was adapted, it is an insult to his art, please stop.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/25

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Leprechaun K

Rotten to the core. At least Netflix is being consistent in producing one bad movie after another.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/10/25

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The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now live in exile following a failed uprising. Everything Michelle thinks she knows about the world is upended one night when she's visited by Cosmo, a sweet, mysterious robot who appears to be controlled by Christopher -- Michelle's genius younger brother whom she thought was dead. Determined to find the beloved sibling she thought she had lost, Michelle sets out across the American southwest with Cosmo, and soon finds herself reluctantly joining forces with Keats (Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World), a low-rent smuggler, and his wisecracking robot sidekick, Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie). As they venture into the Exclusion Zone, a walled-off corner in the desert where robots now exist on their own, Keats and Michelle find a strange, colorful group of new animatronic allies -- and begin to learn that the forces behind Christopher's disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Producer: Mike Larocca, Chris Castaldi, Patrick Newall, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot
Screenwriter: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: AGBO
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 14, 2025
Runtime: 2h 8m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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