The Electric State

What fun it is to watch a film this expensive and not be able to quite work out where it’s going – or even if it might just stay put for a bit, and soak up the dustily poetic death-of-the-American century vibe.

Ultimately, this is one of those movies where it seems okay if you like this sort of thing for a while, but after it crosses the 90-minute mark, it seems irretrievably a little much even if you like this sort of thing.

Save for a few likable robots, The Electric State is charmless and curiously dull. It’s almost as if all the money and tech in the world are not sufficient replacements for imagination.

The Electric State short-circuits from a severe case of Character Overload, with great actors mired in hopelessly silly and underwritten parts.

What can you say about a comic sci-fi adventure that’s neither funny nor thrilling, but is packed with awesomely rendered visuals of dumb-looking things?

The actors are all game for anything, but this is thankless work, in which the mix of live action and animatronics has no magic. The same goes for the talented voice cast, which also includes Colman Domingo and Hank Azaria in small roles.

The Electric State is a soulless exercise in the same vein as a "Borderlands" or an "Argylle," a joyless affair that feels cobbled together by studio executives who are trying so desperately hard to manufacture a crowd-pleasing success by replicating formulaic genre beats and characterizations, that they never once stop to ask why anybody would care about the story they're trying to tell.

Idk I guess it was too emotional for some people? I loved it, haven’t seen world building like that since late eighties early nineties. I must just be weird but the movies where things are happening at warp speed and amazing things are introduced and thrown away just as quickly causes me so much disconnect I generally fall asleep (i.e.modern blockbusters). I really liked the pacing and artistry. Reminded me of peak Stephen Spielberg. Also seemed beautifully relevant with the current state of class wars. Not really sure why I’m writing this, it’s my first review. I guess I just really liked this flick for some reason and I’m confused by all the hate. I.e. the Brutalist is a wonderful movie, but it’s certainly hard to watch, this movie also gave me a sense of wonder and is served with a bit of sugar like Penny the mail robot. Thank you!!! Cheers:-)

Meh movie! The budget could have been spent to make another Mario movie as always

On paper it seemed it might be interesting but while watching it just felt so boring throughout - yes parts of it was ok, but overall it lacked something- and such movie with such budget should feel opposite, it should feel like you do not want to miss any parts at all.

This is the epitome of “very forgettable”. It is exactly what I’ve grown to expect from a film starring any of the Stranger Things alumni, basically a generic cash-in on their name alone. The Electric State is basically The Last of Us but with robots and without Joel (Chris Pratt’s character is pointless so doesn’t count). It’s not all bad though. The visual effects are really impressive and there are some good moments of character development which are really engaging but sadly this is only a small focus of the film. The rest of the focus is flat jokes, dreary action, shallow story and forgettable characters. The finale forces sentimentality onto you awkwardly. It’s a total waste of budget.

Unrelentingly stupid. It's obviously a copy/paste of every Marvel movie and it MUST have been written by AI. No human could have reviewed that and said OK. It's also obvious from interviews that the Russos didn't really want to adapt the book or its bleak themes. Not when there are robots to punch and 1-liners to deliver.