The Electric State Movie Review

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The Electric State Movie Review

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

Why did I come to this movie again?

I knew nothing about this movie. Absolutely nothing. The hubby had seen an ad or something, and we were both down sick and got tired of watching anime, so we put this on.

4 of 5

Characters

While I loosely enjoyed this movie, I have plenty of somewhat negative things to say about it. Starting with the characters.

Michelle, the teenage girl of the 90s, was the main character. Sadly, I never really connected with her. She was angry, but not angry enough to have that be her defining characteristic, and nothing else endeared her to me.

Keats, who was playing the role of the “old, wise master” didn’t have enough backstory for me to care about him. It was basically Chris Pratt playing Chris Pratt. Sometimes that works, but here it didn’t.

Michelle’s brother, who inhabits the body of a robot for most of the movie, was the most interesting of the bunch, but we didn’t get enough of him.

The bad guy was bad.

The robots were both good and bad. Repressed and bullies.

All in all, the characters were fine, but not strong enough for me to really cheer for them.

3 of 5

Did I care what happened?

I did wonder how things would work out. I wasn’t on the edge of my seat, but the film kept my interest most of the time.

4 of 5

Plot Holes

There were plenty of these. But it’s an action schlock movie so I expect it. A handful of inconsistencies threw me out of the story. Like why lock the robots up? Why not just shut them down or deny them power? Especially since the stance of the humans was that the robots weren’t alive?

This is based on a graphic novel, which is likely much better.

4 of 5

How many times did I yawn?

Like I said, it wasn’t riveting, but I didn’t fall asleep.

4 of 5

Cool Factor

This movie was apparently big budget, and the visuals were solid.

What didn’t work was any nostalgia toward the 90s, which I think they were going for. While this is an alternate timeline from ours—robots were invented in the 50s—it felt like they tried to pull in people who grew up in the 90s. I’m a little older than that, but I don’t think much of it hit the mark.

3 of 5

The End

Uh, the good guys won. That’s all I really remember.

3 of 5

Overall Enjoyment

The actors tried. The visual effects artists did great.

The creators of this film didn’t pick an audience. It’s kid-friendly (clean) but not really for kids. It’s got great visuals and a fun robot premise, but it’s too childish for adults. They missed the mark for the 90s kids.

Basically this film doesn’t know what it is, and that made enjoying it more difficult.

3 of 5