Every music documentary traces how the artists it’s about got started. But in the case of Devo, that story is notably mysterious and fascinating. Because this was a band with the strangest roots ever, and a band that genuinely evolved, like a creature crawling out of the water to walk without knowing what it was yet.

Filmmaker Chris Smith's look back at the New Wave band is a mix of commentary, irony, kitschy collages, and oddball optimism — in other words, it's maximum Devo

“One of the takeaways from Smith’s lovingly assembled film is that Devo were never really a copacetic fit for mainstream American pop culture — too weird, too artsy, too smart, too subversive — but they somehow managed to sneak through for a while.”

“….almost overwhelming — in the best possible way.”

“Devo joins a string of standout recent films…. demonstrating that we’re living in a golden age of music documentaries.”