75
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyAn assured nonfiction storyteller, Smith works with editor Joey Scoma to weave together a nonstop, inventive collage of ephemera around concert footage, music videos, pre-existing and new interviews and a generous sampling of Mark’s graphic arts contributions, often spinning into animation.
- 83The Film StageChristopher SchobertThe Film StageChristopher SchobertSmith expertly weaves the words of Mothersbaugh and Casale with film clips, old commercials, and, eventually, actual footage of the band’s earliest days to clarify what de-evolution, Devo-style, was all about.
- 83IndieWireSiddhant AdlakhaIndieWireSiddhant AdlakhaIt comes imbued with the same twinkle in its eye, the same sense of mischief and Dadaist sensibility, that made Devo so alluring in the first place.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen Gleiberman"Devo,” in its way, preserves the playfulness of Devo by not getting too serious about any of this. Instead, the film traces the rocky road on which this unlikeliest of hit bands became a success.
- 70Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearKicking off with a barrage of kitschy imagery and an abundance of irony and ecstasy, Devo lets you know that it’s the definitive portrait of an art project by mimicking its subject’s Dada-meets-deadpan-humor aesthetic.
- 40TheWrapChase HutchinsonTheWrapChase HutchinsonIt takes a group that bumped up against the boundaries and instead just operates within them.