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The 2009 biopic about the infamous all-girl punk band.

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Nov 9, 2010

by Count_Orlok_22
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Ultimately I wasn't surprised by what I thought of this film. Nor was I disappointed, though my expectations weren't very high. While Kirsten Stewart is fantastic as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning just wasn't believable as Cherie Currie. It also didn't help that the film gives no focus to the other members of the band. Hello, Lita Ford was in The Runaways and she's barely mentioned here. In addition, the screenplay reinvents much of the real story and somehow the true punk rock essence of The Runaways is missing in action. Having said that, I still enjoyed it for what it was, but I'd much rather have had a VH1 Behind the Music episode instead.

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kfontenot February 25, 2011

I liked the film, but like you, I was let down by the fact that the film kind of brushed off the rest of the band. I did like Fanning's portrayal of Currie more than Stewart as Jett. Maybe it's because I kept seeing Bella Swann instead of Joan.

kfontenot February 25, 2011

And another thing: I thought Tatum O'Neal did a great job with her brief portrayal of Currie's mom.

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woopak_the_thrill November 09, 2010

This one's still in my queve; I had to bump it down more than once. Good to know that it wasn't a total disappointment.

Count_Orlok_22 November 09, 2010

Yeah, most of the faults can be attributed to the casting and the screenplay. I would have preferred a less commercial film; more gritty, more character driven, and more accurate to the band's history.

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review by rbuchanan. June 06, 2011

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Their appeal was by no means elusive. Assembled by one of the most notorious hitmakers of popular music's brief history, five teenage girls (three among them at least as comely as canorously deft) performed and recorded jagged, chugging rock music that gushed aimless, exuberant sex and rebellion. During their 44-month existence, The Runaways teased, smoked, snorted, drank and rocked a course through hundreds of venues in the United States, United Kingdom and continental Europe to exuberant fans … more

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review by HDepew. March 25, 2011

The Runaways... doesn't give a damn about it's Bad Reputation

A while ago I stumbled across a link to The Runaways soundtrack. That day I sat and listened as it repeated. I could not get enough of the music. The release of the music video, "Cherry Bomb" gave me a sneak peak of some of the expected film footage and got me excited, so excited I had to see the film. Unfortunately, for me, the only highlights of this film was the soundtrack and observing the obscure crowd that attended the screening. … more

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The Runaways (Neon Angels) is based on lead-singer Cherie Currie's book 'Neon Angel' - a reflection of her experiences as a rock star, but also delivering a strong anti-drug warning to teens and others. David Bowie's "Space Oddity" serves as a metaphor for the narrative-- a slow countdown, a surreal but spectacular rise to fame, then alienation and burnout - a long long way from home.

The movie chronicles THE RUNAWAYS from 1975 - 1977; formed by teenage girls living near Hollywood, CA., and heavily manipulated by their manager Kim Fowley as 'jailbait rock' (all the girls were 16 or younger when the band recorded their first album). The band ultimately succeeds on their own merits as musicians, becoming the first all-girl rock-band to ever break into the world of arena-filling hard rock acts.

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