Review of The Runaways (2010) by Jason B — 14 Aug 2014

This was pretty good; dirty, raunchy, in your face and capturing the spirit and essence of the mid 1970's perfectly. The story follows the conception and early days of "The Runaways" an all girl punk band that took the world by storm and focuses mostly on the tumultuous relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.

I'll admit to questioning the casting here and initially having a hard time excepting Dakota Fanning in the role of sex-kitten junkie Currie. She does a fantastic job though and her downward spiral was the part of the story that interested me the most.

I'm not a huge fan of K-Stew but she looks just like and captures the toughness of Joan Jett well. I did get tired of seeing her in leather pants in every single scene though.The clothes and hair in general are super fun, the music is great, the story as a whole felt kinda disjointed.

Michael Shannon is suitably weird/sleazy as their manager. 8/12/14.