An excellent biopic with good music and interesting characters

Rating: 7/10 (21 September 2010)

Today was the second time I've seen this film within a week. Prior to seeing it I knew nothing about the 70's girl band called The Runaways (indeed I was initially expecting a fiction about girls who run away). I thought it very interesting to watch how the girls of the band came together. Their transformation from naive but determined adolescent girls into hardened rock stars is depicted in a very watchable mix of the shocking, the touching and the everyday. The acting of all the main actors and actresses is of a high enough standard to make the characters totally credible. Considering their ages I am certainly impressed by the acting of the two main female roles. They also look very attractive - especially in the many close-up shots. The direction is for the most part unobtrusive apart from on two or three occasions (I won't say when) at which times I thought it was very effectively used. I'd say this is definitely a better than average movie which will justify more than one (if not several) viewings.