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Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
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75
The three leads provide convincing performances, with Dakota Fanning being the standout.
70
The vigor and pace is electric, and the movie features three showy performances by Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon.
70
Variety
A conventionally enjoyable making-and-breaking-of-the-band saga.
70
Village Voice
In The Runaways' first hour, there's a guttural pleasure to be had in riding waves of rock-movie cliché spiked with socio-sexual commentary. The movie is at its best when working through the contradictions of teen sex-for-sale, when it's both turn-on and creep-out.
70
Arizona Republic
The Runaways broke new ground. And if "The Runaways" doesn't, it's still a movie worth watching - and listening to.
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