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Movie Review: Russo brothers’ sci-fi ‘The Electric State’ is big, ambitious and dull | Hollywood

Movie Review: Russo brothers’ sci-fi ‘The Electric State’ is big, ambitious and dull | Hollywood

If an algorithm designed a classic, big-screen spectacle for the small-screen age, “The Electric State” probably wouldn’t be too far off the mark. Movie Review: Russo brothers’ sci-fi ‘The Electric State’ is big, ambitious and dull This is an Amblin-inspired, big-budget adventure with dystopian, science-fiction wonder, nostalgic callbacks, well-liked stars and the directors behind some of the highest-earning movies of all time. In theory, it should work. A kid on a dangerous, cross-country journey with a robot that may or may not be her brother whom she thought was dead? A reluctant, jaded adult companion who’s quick with a one-liner? “The Electric State” should be some future Spielberg’s new favorite movie, the one that they’ll reference in their Oscars speech as the thing that made them want to make movies. And yet it’s lacking a spark and a soul that might distinguish it as memorable or special. Worse, considering everything it has going for it , “The Electric State” is kind of dull. “The Electric State” was loosely based on an illustrated novel by Simon …