4.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Electric State (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.2
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixBias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Female Combat: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes a progressive ideology by critiquing corporate authoritarianism, systemic exploitation, and social segregation through allegories of labor and civil rights struggles, advocating for empathy and resistance against oppressive systems.
The film incorporates visible racial diversity in its casting and explores several DEI-related themes through its narrative, including allegories for marginalized groups, critiques of corporate power, and examinations of human connection versus technology. While it features negative portrayals of certain male characters, these are tied to specific actions and societal critiques rather than an explicit negative framing of traditional identities.
Secondary
The film removes explicit queer representation from its source material, notably changing the protagonist's sexuality. It introduces an ambiguous subplot hinting at a queer connection, but this remains undeveloped and unclear. The overall portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes is limited, indirect, and lacks narrative depth, resulting in a neutral net impact.
The film features Michelle, who actively participates in physical combat using melee weapons and hand-to-hand techniques. She consistently defeats male robot and human opponents in various battles, contributing to her group's success.
The film symbolically references Christian Trinitarian terms and concepts of divinity and sacrifice, intertwining them with themes of AI, consciousness, and the soul. This thematic use leverages Christian imagery to add depth to the narrative without critiquing the religion itself.
The Electric State does not feature explicit transsexual characters or themes. Queer representation present in the source material, specifically Michelle's identity, was removed in the film adaptation. The narrative focuses on other themes, resulting in a lack of meaningful engagement with trans identities or experiences.
Based on available information, characters in The Electric State retain their canonical genders as established in the original graphic novel, with no instances of on-screen gender differing from source material.
The source material, a graphic novel, is noted as being visually stylized and less explicit about character ethnicities. For all major characters, the film's casting either aligns with implied backgrounds or introduces diversity without contradicting any specified race from the original work.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
6.5
Critic Ratings
1.4
3.0
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