2010 · drama · biography · music
The Runaways (2010)
Directed by Floria Sigismondi1h 47m2010
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 Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
Our read: The Runaways (2010) (2010) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · biography · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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