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The Electric State, scheduled for a 14 March debut on Netflix, is not up to a fresh start since it has received scathing early reviews from critics. At the time of writing this article, the movie holds a 22% Tomatometer rating based on 18 reviews. So, it reportedly becomes the second lowest-rated film for the Avengers: Endgame directing duo of the Russo brothers. At the moment, it ranks slightly higher than their 2006 rom-com, You, Me and Dupree, which currently has a 20% rating.
It is particularly unfortunate considering the whopping $320 million put behind this project. With that financial backup, it is said to be Netflix's most expensive original movie to date. While referring to the budget-quality dissonance, the metro.co.uk film critic Tori Brazier wrote,
"Netflix’s The Electric State is the streamer’s most expensive original movie to date – but sadly it doesn’t show much value for money as the Millie Bobby Brown flick is far from its best."
The film stars the likes of Brown (Enola Holmes, Damsel), Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World Dominion), Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once). However, that may not have been enough to help this movie to receive a positive consensus.
Russo Brothers' The Electric State opens to a poor Rotten Tomatoes rating
Anthony and Joe Russo have proved to be a profitable duo for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but their return to Netflix is not up to a fresh start. The Electric State has received scathing reviews from critics. When DiscussingFilm reported on this topic, the film had a 10% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Eventually, it rose to 22% with a total of 18 critic reviews.
Variety's Courtney Howard writes,
"Directors Joe and Anthony Russo surprisingly undervalue their source material’s blueprint, turning author Simon Stålenhag’s salient, bleak thriller into a whimsical, sanitized mess of mimeographed ideas from a handful of far better cinematic inspirations."
Guardian's Peter Bradshaw says,
"There’s no soul, no originality, just a great big multicolour wedge of digital content."
David Rooney from The Hollywood Reporter adds,
"The film is busy to a degree that grows more and more assaultive. But it’s neither funny nor exciting. Like so many streaming originals, The Electric State seems less a real movie than an imitation of one."
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The Russo brothers' output besides their MCU collaborations hasn't received acclaim since The Gray Man (2022), Cherry (2021), and Citadel have all received poor ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
The poor consensus for The Electric State seems even sadder considering the amount of money put into this project while independent filmmakers like Sean Baker and Brady Corbet are struggling to get their ideas greenlit by studios and make ends meet despite receiving acclaim otherwise.
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