The Runaways (2010)

I almost felt a little ashamed watching this movie because of the fact of how Dakota Fanning is almost grown up. The 16 year old stars in this movie as Cherrie Currie, the lead singer of controversial all girl rock band The Runaways. The movie is based on the book written by Currie herself, but the movie focuses on the relationship between Joan Jett (Played by Twilight's Kristen Stewart) and Currie more than it does on the rest of the band. It's a shame because Lita Ford (played By Halloween's Scout Taylor Compton) saw success as well in the 1980's after the Runaways, but she's not important in this film. The movie is slow at times and feels like it drags on and on, but the overall star of this film is Dakota Fanning. I don't want to say it but she was really hot in this film and Kristen Stewart was very terrible. I don't see her as a great actress and this movie proves it. Michael Shannon does an excellent as well in the film as the very eccentric Kim Fowley, but overall I don't blame you if you skipped this one at the movie theaters when it came out. I give the movie an C.