Fans mercilessly roast Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt’s $320M ‘The Electric State’ as it debuts with 10% on Rotten Tomatoes

A 10% Rotten Tomatoes score for The Electric State. Yes, that's it. Netflix has just released a $320 million sci-fi epic, and the landing was hardly smooth. With Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt in starring roles, being directed by the Russo brothers (those same guys behind Avengers: Endgame), and set in a beautifully visualized novel, this had everything going for it, however, it didn't land.

Critics took one glance, and they were out. The Rotten Tomatoes rating was a confidence-shattering 10%.

While this might just be the beginning, users were already doing the math—and it wasn’t adding up. Where did that $320 million go?

The internet wasn’t buying it, and the roasts came in hotter than anything Marvel had cooked up.

A user (@sigmatic_) mentioned:

"The MCU looking at this disaster and remembering they gave these guys their entire future."

A user (@PixelSpawnX) asked:

"Lmao I’ve never even heard of this movie. Where did that 320 million go?"

A user (@0xFrisk) commented:

"320M for a netflix movie...what are we doing here, really."

A user (@Brazil201) poked fun at MCU, stating:

"And y'all trust doom movie and secret wars lol."

A user (@JohnnyWildePro) went on to say:

"Clearly, Netflix needs better writers and people with a brain to decide what gets greenlit."

A user (@sxintpablo24) roasted stating:

"I can’t believe the guys in charge of marvel movies just produced a 320 million STINKER😭"

Taking a jab at Netflix's price hike, a user (@echosance) mentioned:

"320 MILLION???? Is this why we can no longer share passwords."

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What is The Electric State about?

The movie takes place in an alternate universe of the 1990s, where the U.S. is in utter dystopian disarray due to robot soap operas. It is based on the 2018 illustrated novel of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag

Millie Bobby Brown stars as Michelle, a teen orphan on the hunt for her little brother, with a cartoon robot and a drifter (Chris Pratt) in tow. It's sci-fi, it's Western, it's adventure, it's comedy—except it fails to be any of those things effectively.

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The Russo Brothers from Avengers: Endgame to this?

The Russo brothers, who delivered one of the largest blockbusters of all time, now present us with… whatever this is.

One thing everyone can agree on—the movie is beautiful. The CGI is breathtaking. The world-building is fine. But then you're reminded that you're supposed to be invested in the plot, and that's where it all goes wrong.

One of the critics from The Hollywood Reporter wrote:

"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."

A critic from Mashable said:

"The Russos...turned a junkpile aesthetic into a trash movie."

Translating a visually oriented book into a coherent narrative was always going to be problematic, but according to critics, the movie made all the wrong turns—adding stuff that wasn't needed, shifting tones, and making an otherwise intriguing tale feel fragmented.

If you are too disappointed, maybe just rewatch Stranger Things and pretend Millie Bobby Brown never signed up for this.