The Runaways opened in additional cities this weekend to very good reviews.
Alynda Wheat, People: VERY GOOD
"The script lacks substance, but the actresses deliver on style, with the tense Stewart showing some oomph as Jett. The gutsiest performance belongs to 16-year-old Fanning..."
"The script lacks substance, but the actresses deliver on style, with the tense Stewart showing some oomph as Jett. The gutsiest performance belongs to 16-year-old Fanning..."
Mary Pols, Time: VERY GOOD
"...vividly atmospheric and fun from a musical perspective... but it can't escape the conventional clutches of the biopic formula.... Then Dakota Fanning gets ahold of the film, steals it from Stewart and seduces us utterly.... a performance of startling maturity."
Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: EXCELLENT
"Girl power gets a rock beat in this fact-based drama about the birth, rise and swift fall of the 1970s all-female group 'The Runaways'.... an anthem to those young women who wouldn't take no for an answer."
David Germain, Associated Press: GOOD
"...music-video veteran Floria Sigismondi makes an impressive feature-film directing debut, crafting a brisk, engaging portrait, the story making up for its lack of insight into teen rebel Jett and her bandmates with driving, infectious rhythm.... a movie that definitely loves rock 'n' roll."
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD
"...a highly watchable if mostly run-of-the-mill group biopic... [with a] casually likable, no-frills performance [from Kristen Stewart]..."
Claudia Puig, USA Today: VERY GOOD
"...anything but a straight-ahead biopic. It's an artistic and authentic evocation of an era but a rather surface-skimming story of the '70s all-girl rock band fronted by Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. If anything, it just makes you want to know more about Jett's back story and Currie's subsequent life."
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD
"...more of a quick overview of the creation, rise and fall of the Runaways, with slim character development, no extended dialogue scenes, and a whole lot of rock 'n' roll. Its interest comes from Shannon's fierce and sadistic training scenes as Kim Fowley, and from the intrinsic qualities of the performances by Stewart and Fanning, who bring more to their characters than the script provides."
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"...vividly atmospheric and fun from a musical perspective... but it can't escape the conventional clutches of the biopic formula.... Then Dakota Fanning gets ahold of the film, steals it from Stewart and seduces us utterly.... a performance of startling maturity."
Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: EXCELLENT
"Girl power gets a rock beat in this fact-based drama about the birth, rise and swift fall of the 1970s all-female group 'The Runaways'.... an anthem to those young women who wouldn't take no for an answer."
David Germain, Associated Press: GOOD
"...music-video veteran Floria Sigismondi makes an impressive feature-film directing debut, crafting a brisk, engaging portrait, the story making up for its lack of insight into teen rebel Jett and her bandmates with driving, infectious rhythm.... a movie that definitely loves rock 'n' roll."
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD
"...a highly watchable if mostly run-of-the-mill group biopic... [with a] casually likable, no-frills performance [from Kristen Stewart]..."
Claudia Puig, USA Today: VERY GOOD
"...anything but a straight-ahead biopic. It's an artistic and authentic evocation of an era but a rather surface-skimming story of the '70s all-girl rock band fronted by Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. If anything, it just makes you want to know more about Jett's back story and Currie's subsequent life."
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD
"...more of a quick overview of the creation, rise and fall of the Runaways, with slim character development, no extended dialogue scenes, and a whole lot of rock 'n' roll. Its interest comes from Shannon's fierce and sadistic training scenes as Kim Fowley, and from the intrinsic qualities of the performances by Stewart and Fanning, who bring more to their characters than the script provides."
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