The Runaways

The movie chronicles THE RUNAWAYS from 1975 - 1977; an all-girl rock band 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.

Cast: Kirsten Stewart - Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning - Cherie Currie, Scout Taylor-Compton - Lita Ford and Michael Shannon - Kim Fowley.

Writers - Floria Sigismondi

Director - Floria Sigismondi

What I liked? The Cast, The Music

What I didn't like? It was hard making a connection with the characters.

Summary: Not really knowing much about Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, it turned out not to be a bad film, nothing amazing though. It delivered a interesting view of the Runaways, the music, and then finally Joan Jett’s biggest hit I love Rock And Roll.

I don’t know Currie and Jet, either their music or them so really I can’t compare Fanning and Stewart against the real people. They seemed to do a good job.

The cast were good and the script was good, the soundtrack was very good, but you would expect it to be.

Overall I liked this film (7/10)