Joe and Anthony Russo’s The Electric State has not been able to impress critics as depicted in their reviews. Starring talents like Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Giancarlo Esposito, and more, the film will arrive on Netflix on March 14, 2025. Apart from disappointing reviews, The Electric State has also received disappointing scores on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.
Critics are hating The Electric State in their reviews
The upcoming sci-fi movie has failed to get a good verdict from critics. Based in a post-apocalyptic setting after a robot uprising in the ’90s, the story, as per its official logline, “follows an orphaned teenager (Brown) who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler (Pratt), and his sidekick in search of her younger brother.” It is an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel of the same name.
Jonathan Sim of ComingSoon in his review, described The Electric State as “disappointing because of the missed potential.” He added, “The movie doesn’t use its settings well enough, nor does it use its character relationships as a strong source of drama.”
The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney also stated that the Russo Brothers directorial doesn’t seem like a real movie. He wrote in his review, “It’s neither funny nor exciting. Like so many streaming originals, The Electric State seems less a real movie than an imitation of one.”
Meanwhile, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian asserted that the movie didn’t seem original and added, “There’s no soul, no originality, just a great big multicolor wedge of digital content.”
Additionally, Kristy Puchko of Mashable even referred to The Electric State as “trash” in her review. She wrote, “It’s so dunderheaded and cacophonous that I’m still angry about its existence.”
The Electric State gets horrible Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic Scores
The scores for The Electric State on review aggregator websites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic were unfavorable after its early reviews.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt-led movie went on to earn a score of 20 percent on the Tomatometer, based on 25 reviews. On the other hand, on Metacritic, it achieved a score of 32 based on 10 reviews.
Originally reported by Ishita Verma on ComingSoon.net.
