'The Runaways' -- 3 1/2 stars

<b>R; 1:42 running time</b><br>
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A rich and surprisingly old-fashioned musical biopic, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENMV000000772" title="The Runaways (movie)" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/the-runaways-%28movie%29-ENMV000000772.topic">"The Runaways"</a> has neither the bloat nor the blather of your average <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100102384000" title="Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)" href="/topic/us/california/los-angeles-county/los-angeles/hollywood-%28los-angeles-california%29-PLGEO100100102384000.topic">Hollywood</a> treatment of stars on the rise. Joan Jett</runtime:topic> and Cherie Currie, two-fifths of The Runaways, take center stage here. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB0004407" title="Kristen Stewart" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/kristen-stewart-PECLB0004407.topic">Kristen Stewart</a> and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001627" title="Dakota Fanning" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/dakota-fanning-PECLB001627.topic">Dakota Fanning</a> have never been stronger or freer on screen. The band's story is a show business fable of razor-thin lines, between rock stardom and teen exploitation; between the right amount of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll (Jett figured that one out) and too much (Currie didn't, though she lived to tell about it all in the book "Neon Angel").<br>
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Read the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-0316-runaways-20100318,0,4797949.column">full "The Runaways" review.</a><br>
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— Michael Phillips

R; 1:42 running time

A rich and surprisingly old-fashioned musical biopic, "The Runaways" has neither the bloat nor the blather of your average Hollywood treatment of stars on the rise. Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two-fifths of The Runaways, take center stage here. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning have never been stronger or freer on screen. The band's story is a show business fable of razor-thin lines, between rock stardom and teen exploitation; between the right amount of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll (Jett figured that one out) and too much (Currie didn't, though she lived to tell about it all in the book "Neon Angel").

Read the full "The Runaways" review.

— Michael Phillips

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