The problem isn't that Netflix's The Electric State takes liberties with its source material; it's that the original book is much, much better.

There are relatively few works that deserve to bear the title of “masterpiece,” but The Electric State is certainly one of them — the quiet, heavy, contemplative atmosphere; a young girl’s colorful-yet-fraught past that gave way to a devastating future;

SALT LAKE CITY — Fans of source material don’t like it when somebody buys the movie rights for a book, and then changes it to make it more cinematic, visual or dare “they” say fascinating. It’s a betrayal of biblical proportions and there’s usually no coming back, no matter how good the hybrid turns out to be.

In "The Electric State," directors Anthony and Joe Russo are looking for a little of that old Amblin Entertainment magic — the winning combination of innocence, adventure and wonder that powered movies like "E.

Netflix's Millie Bobby Brown-led film The Electric State takes viewers on an epic, robot-filled adventure that ends in heartbreaking sacrifice. The film, which is now streaming on

Warning: SPOILERS for The Electric State are plugged in. Everyone seems to be dunking on the 2025 Netflix movie The Electric State. In the run-up to this weekend’s big streaming debut, critical reactions for The Russo Brothers’ latest movie were so severe that we literally headlined them as not “holding back.