Just a quick note: The Runaways is easily the best release of 2010 so far. It's an old school, wholesome, professional, well-done, 100% throwback of a rock 'n roll biopic. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Seriously, they don't.
Dakota actually carries the film, K-Stew nails Jett, Michael Shannon is pitch-perfect and a hoot to boot...man, everybody just did what they were supposed to do and in the end, came out with one helluva product.
If you scan the negative reviews, you can see the passive-aggressiveness seeping through: Conventional? Of course. Cliched? It's rock 'n roll. Predictable? DURRRRRRRRRRR... And anyone who says the story isn't worth telling should go find a new career. Fuck's sake.
I hate to rely on Rotten Tomatoes, but let's face it, these days, they're just that rotten! I'll take conventionality any day over remakes, reboots, sequels, adaptations, reboot sequels, reboot reboots, reboot sequel spin-offs...what have you.
My favorite blurb, from Andrew O'Hehir: "Sometimes mind-blowing power isn't available, and a rollercoaster ride of stardom and depravity will just have to do."
Rock 'n roll.
*** out of ****
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What's the Shawkat content like? Enough for a creepy edit?
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