Devo | |
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Directed by | Chris Smith |
Produced by | Danny Gabai Anita Greenspan Chris Holmes David C. McCourt |
Edited by | Joey Scoma |
Distributed by | Netflix |
Release dates | |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Devo is a 2024 British-American documentary film about the new wave band Devo. It is directed by Chris Smith. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The band performed at the event. [1] The film was released on Netflix on August 19, 2025. [2]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 84% of 25 critics' reviews are positive. [3] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [4]
Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three and a half out of four stars and wrote, "This is a fun movie if you love the band, and maybe even if you've never heard of them before. The interviews are thought-provoking, funny, and moving; the filmmaking is superb, and the music kicks ass." [5]