It's 1975 and they're about to explode.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve, Scout Taylor-Compton, Alia Shawkat, Riley Keough |
| Director |
Floria Sigismondi |
| Screenplay | Floria Sigismondi, from the book by Cherie Currie |
| Cinematography | Benoît Debie |
| Editing | Richard Chew |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2010 |
| Produced by | River Road Entertainment, Linson Entertainment, Runaway Productions |
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| Genre | Biography, drama |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | One very brief scene, breasts in sexual context, moderate |
| Sex | Several, moderate to strong, no genitalia |
| Violence | Very infrequent, mildly implied |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Frequent, instructional, strong |
| Comments | None |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Ann Hornaday | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 10 | |
| 24.com Miles Keylock  A sexy, yet surprisingly sensitive coming-of-age biopic about the rise and fall of forgotten rock 'n roll girl group The Runaways. | 10 | |
| Box Office Ray Greene Proto-punk girl group gets a fitfully spectacular screen bio | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert 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. | 15 |  |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Say what you will about the Runaways -- they never played it safe. The movie does. | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs In the end, the three main characters create some interest, but not enough to overcome the fact that we've seen this sort of story so many times before. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 35 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 132 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Viewers expecting an in-depth biopic will be disappointed, but The Runaways is as electric as the band's music, largely thanks to strong performances from Michael Shannon, Dakota Fanning, and Kristen Stewart. | 13 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 3155 Netizens Surreal, fast-paced band biopic | 14 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 | |