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;

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.

Netflix's new movie "The Electric State," directed by the Russo brothers, stars Millie Bobby Brown and reportedly cost $300 to $320 million to make.