Unoriginal rock n roll flick

Rating: 4/10 (8 September 2010)

This film does have a good visual style, but nothing about is really interesting. Didn't give a crap about any of the characters in this as well, although it's based on a true story. The plot is basically about a group of girls mainly focusing on the members Joan Jett(Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie(Dakota Fanning) and both the actresses that played them did a decent job. Anyways they are trying to make it as a band during a time when girls was looked down upon for doing those things, such as rock n roll. And although it has the cliché sex, drugs and rock n roll scenes that is very cliché in this film, it just was not interesting what so ever. The performances of the main "The Runaways" were well done but that is the only positive thing I can think of in this film. Yeah it shows some of the characters like Joan Jett and Cherie Currie going through tough times, but didn't really care for it or had my sympathy. A group of young girls forming the first all-girl rock band may seem like a good idea, but it just wasn't well crafted. Mainly because nothing about this film was original in anyway, everything in this has been done before except much better and lacks depth.
4.6/10