Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick Gonzalez

A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.

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55% liked it

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43% liked it

42 critics

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Rodger Grossman

Release Date: June 23, 2007

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DVD Release Date: November 4, 2008

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  • November 22, 2008
    For someone who's never even heard of The Germs, I thought it was fairly good.
  • October 5, 2009
    West is great. Movie is a little off balance.
  • September 14, 2009
    I've never been familiar with the background of The Germs, Darby Crash, or even much of their music, but I really enjoyed this film. The style of storytelling is really effective, told in asides to the audience that fleshes out whatever scenes have just occurred.

    Even going int...( read more)o this cold and knowing nothing about the subject matter, I was still quickly drawn into this one, it's well worth a look.

    Recommended.
  • June 21, 2009
    i guess this is not bad, whatever.
  • June 14, 2009
    This was an excellent adaption of the biography "Lexicon Devil", and an all around good movie. The only thing that would have made it perfect would have been to include Donny Rose in a minor role.
  • May 27, 2009
    I love this. I fucking love this. Its not about darby's life, its about his lyrics. I dont know how accurate the film was but its still damn good a story to tell. not to mention the awesome soundtrack. It's not a movie to "idolize" Darby crash neither were they trying to prove th...( read more)at he was "god" of punk or whatever... it was just somebody's life that we could identify with. i say fuck the haters, just watch it. O and shane west did a damn great job! thumbs up!
  • May 16, 2009
    To be totally honest, I was kinda worried about this movie. However, they totally blew me out of the water with it. Darby Crash was one of the most interesting characters in the early LA punk scene, and the Germs were one of my personal favorites. Hint: Read the books We Got the ...( read more)Neutron Bomb, and Lexicon Devil before watching this. It just helps so you can tell what an amazing retelling they did.
  • March 29, 2009
    want to see sometime in my life.
  • March 20, 2009
    It was actually a good movie. I didn't know anything about The Germs or punk before this movie. I still don't like punk music, but the movie was interesting. The acting was good.
  • February 15, 2009
    A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.

Critic Reviews


August 3, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Infused with ragged unpredictability, What We Do Is Secret's wild concerts are its high points. full review

September 17, 2007
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

Hits quick, hits hard and never lets go. full review

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  • jennyjen2010
    April 3, 2007
    OMG u all have to go see this movie! its awesome! go to youtube.com and watch the trailer. People give Shane (god i love him) a hard time because they think he wants to replace Darby (i even named my rabbit darby) but thats impossible! GREAT SONGS! be patient when u listen to them, it is hard to understand darby because he would get drunk/stoned and forget the words but they are still GREAT! so just give then a shot, its worth it!!!!! i recomend Not All Right and Sexy Boy!!!

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