It's 1975 and they're about to explode.
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
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Classical in form, grave, nostalgic and earnest.
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- DoryDarkoon TMDB · Feb 20176/10
Back in the 70's, The Runaways was one of the first all-girl rock bands, initiated by then 16-year-old Joan Jett, who later went on to gain world fame with her band The Blackhearts. Now, I might be somewhat biased on this particular subject, because I am a huge fan of 70's (punk)rock, and especially female rock artists, but I am also a very critical film reviewer. The Runaways therefore, leaves me feeling in limbo. I love musical biopics as much as I love the music itself, and since The Runaways falls exactly into my favourite genre of music, I thought this film would be nothing other than a win-win flick for me. However, I felt rather quickly discouraged from the build-up on. When you are telling a true-to-life story, I consider it an important issue to let the audience know who we're dealing with, what's going on and perhaps most importantly, why. These are real people and I want to know why they are who they are, and what motivated them to walk their chosen path in life. The film starts off with alternating scenes of Joan Jett and her soon to be band mate Cherie Currie. Doing stuff that, well... isn't that interesting. It doesn't tell us much about these girls except that they l
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Cast
- Kristen StewartJoan Jett
- Dakota FanningCherie Currie
- Michael ShannonKim Fowley
- Stella MaeveSandy West
- Scout Taylor-ComptonLita Ford
- Alia ShawkatRobin
- Riley KeoughMarie Currie
- Johnny LewisScottie
- Tatum O'NealMarie Harmon
- Brett CullenDonald Currie
Crew
- Floria SigismondiDirector
- Floria SigismondiScreenplay
- Benoît DebieDirector of Photography
- Lawrence RothmanOriginal Music Composer
- Richard ChewEditor
- John LinsonProducer
- Art LinsonProducer
- Bill PohladProducer
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