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)

May 13

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

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Shirley Li

The Atlantic

Mar 20

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.

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Sam Adams

Slate

Mar 17

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.

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Akhil Arora

The Long Take Podcast

Sep 29

The United Nations should probably intervene and impose sanctions on streamers for wasting over $300 million on movies like The Electric State.

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

Sep 27

C

Sometimes an idea seems like such a sure thing no one in charge pays attention to the details that ensure quality. I think that’s the principle that led to “The Electric State” being less than the sum of its parts.

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Marta Medina Pérez

mundoCine

Aug 22

1.5/5

[The Electric State] is just another entry in Netflix’s catalogue for casual family viewing, with no great expectations. One of those disposable watches. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Morgan W

@Moggs 15h

I thought this was a great movie don't listen to the bad reviews they don't even make sense like how does it have no heart? The world building was really good and I love retro-futurism not enough media with the aesthetic and the moral was both there and very important i think, there are very few movies and shows where you should blame Them for you the viewer not getting it 10/10

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@Biker.pj 1d

More entertainment with heavy metal I've yet to watch. Great story flies along, with a brilliant cast. Nearly shed a cast iron tear at the end.

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Zoran I

@Zooox 2d

after the movie, the feeling of lost time prevails..

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@Iamthemanwithnoname 6d

It's good. Not a film for high brow critics but who wants to watch pretentious nonsense anyway? It doesn't take itself too seriously, looks great and its an engaging story. If you like the premise you'll like the film.

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John B

@Casillum Dec 20

The worldbuilding wasn't executed that well. The premise is what left me confused, however, given how the plot unfolded throughout the movie. It starts off with Greene wanting to save her disembodied brother in Cosmo, then it ends in a full-out revolution. It left me wondering what the real moral was.

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D3Z 1

Dec 14

Unfortunately, Anthony and Joe Russo's The Electric State felt more like a rather dull and bland state.

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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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