Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- brooding
- foreboding
- dark movie night
- crime thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually assured and strongly cast, but uneven and overly rote in its handling of sordid violence and interconnected moral corruption.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Willard's prayer rituals, Roy's fraudulent preaching, and Teagardin's predation repeatedly connect faith with violence and exploitation.
Small towns in southern Ohio and West Virginia become interconnected spaces of poverty, secrecy, violence, and religious extremism.
The Russells, Hendersons, Roy and Theodore, and Deputy Bodecker's stories gradually converge around Arvin.
Prayer logs, sacrificial blood, illness, mutilation, and murder make physical pain central to the film's imagery.
Films like The Devil All the Time, and why
Winter's Bone
shared southern gothic atmosphere, rural crime, moral ambiguity, and bleak character study
Joe
shared rural American setting, violent coming-of-age themes, and brooding crime drama
The Night of the Hunter
shared fatalistic religious imagery, serial violence, and oppressive small-town atmosphere
No Country for Old Men
shared interconnected criminals, spiritual corruption, and grim period crime storytelling
Movie Details
- Director
- Antonio Campos
- Release Date
- 2020-09-11
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (3788)
Cast
- Tom Holland
- Robert Pattinson
- Bill Skarsgård
- Riley Keough
- Jason Clarke
- Sebastian Stan
- Haley Bennett
- Harry Melling
- Eliza Scanlen
- Mia Wasikowska
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Devil All the Time about?
- A grim southern gothic crime saga follows an orphaned young man through a web of religious fanaticism, predatory violence, and inherited trauma.
- What is The Devil All the Time like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Devil All the Time as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Devil All the Time violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Devil All the Time as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Devil All the Time?
- Critics broadly found the film visually assured and strongly cast, but uneven and overly rote in its handling of sordid violence and interconnected moral corruption.
- Which films are like The Devil All the Time?
- Films with a similar feel include Winter's Bone, Joe, The Night of the Hunter, and No Country for Old Men.
- How long is The Devil All the Time?
- The Devil All the Time runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Devil All the Time?
- In United States, The Devil All the Time streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
