Well done, but a bit boring

Rating: 7/10 (24 October 2010)

When I heard that the movie was telling the story of one of the bands in which Joan Jett played, I wanted to see it. Expecting a deluge of estrogenic hormonal music and pure rock and roll, I was a bit taken aback by the artsy, silent, character oriented take of the film, but in the end I liked it.
The movie is about The Runaways, an all girl rock band which reached cult status in 1975, but the real story is more of the young and lost teens that were part of it. All the actresses play well, Dakota Fanning again showing a lot of skill, and one of the executive producers in the movie is Joan Jett herself, so the story must be close to the truth.
Unfortunately there is too little focus on the actual music and the pained silences of the characters turn this more into a drama than a band movie. The start is boring, the pace gets a little better towards the end, but I guess you have to be in the mood to like it.