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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Akhil Arora

The Long Take Podcast

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

Sep 29, 2025

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

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.

Rated: C

Sep 27, 2025

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Marta Medina

mundoCine

[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]

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 22, 2025

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Lúcio Leonardo P

Entertainment that is clearly aimed at children (it has to be!), in an adventure that is more concerned with showing cute robots than telling a good story about the Electric State.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Dani M

Easy, funny and smart Not a masterpiece but worth to watch with family and friends

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/27/25

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Michelle L

don't waste your time, it's exhausting. Such great actors left with absolutely nothing to say

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/16/25

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Cicilia P

It's a good way to kill time if you're bored.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/12/25

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Nitsuga 1

This movie has a lot of good things, like the special effects, the voice cast, but then we have a story that isn't that great, the message is a little strange because we have the message of how we should connect more with reality but then we have that robots should have rights and the story doesn't convey these messages properly. The film has the same plot twist as 99% of robot movies, and the two human characters have very predictable and boring personalities. If you're looking for something to put in the background, this is the movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/10/25

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Author W.A. S

Not bad. Although it was the usual robots rebel against humans trope. I haven't read the book which may be somewhat different so I'm going to put it on my TBP List. Chris Pratt plays his usual gruff rogue with a heart of gold as he helps a young woman find her kidnapped brother. Stanley Tucci played the "I'm going to make a perfect world no matter what" villain along the lines of Cocteau from Demolition Man and the High Evolutionary from Guardians of the Galaxy 3. So, if you have some time to kill or you want something in the background, this should work.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/25

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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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