Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

memery-1 Watching a documentary about a rock band, I was expecting to see more archival concert footage or hear more music. There are only two concert segments -- both feature covers: Velvet Underground's 'Rock n Roll' and Troggs' 'Wild Thing'. The incidental music backing the interview segments sounds like something out of "Twin Peaks." Perhaps this type of score was selected to enhance the seedy backstory of these girls who were eaten alive and spit out by an unmerciful music industry.This film is really for fans only. Anyone who doesn't know the backstory of the Runaways might end up confused or bored. But for true Runaways-maniacs, the interviews are quite revealing.

dragonflypurple The Runaways are my favorite band. So I was very excited when I found that there was a documentary about them. However, I thought that the documentary was disappointing. While the information and people were very interesting, I thought it was badly made. It wasn't unified at all- it was just a random collection of interviews. Also, many of the interviews went on for far too long and really should have been edited. To top it off, there was all this weird slo-mo footage interspersed with the interviews of Sandy West running, or of some random girl being tied up, that seemed way too melodramatic, and just made me want to laugh. Despite all this, I still enjoyed this movie to some extent. The story of the band is fascinating, and it was interesting to hear about it directly from the mouths of the original members (except for Joan Jett, who wasn't in the movie at all). I've heard some people complain about this movie because of the people involved- "Lita Ford's 'tell it like it is' attitude is so lame and boring... Sandy West is so bitter and pathetic, I mean come on! suck it up" What these people forget is that Sandy and Lita and all of them are real people. They aren't characters. They can't help acting the way they are. They aren't unbiased storytellers, they are still products of what happened to them when they were in the runaways and later. That is the most interesting part of the movie. I almost cried when Sandy started talking about how she wished the band would just get back together. Sure it was a bit pathetic. But it was completely honest, and just showed how horrible her life has been.

hlea42 Very raw and revealing insight into a young band that was being abuse behind close doors. I would have loved to hear what Joan had to say, giving her take on the band to make this documentary feel complete and finally see all band mates on some level of togetherness but very surprise that everyone involved had compliments for her. Jackie seem to be the most revealing and comfortable talking about the band. There is obviously rivalry and coldest between Cherie and Lita but it sounds like they have gotten pass it with years passing or else they wouldn't have done this documentary. However, out of all the interviews the most heartbreaking and personal depth shown was Sandy's account, especially towards the end bringing me to tears, it was very touching emotionally, making her account so real that it's hard to forget the damage that was done. Also, it's sad that this band isn't recognized for it's influence in music, paving the way for female rock bands, which Vicki has done an excellent job making this of importance!

ireallygottago I was pretty excited about this documentary. I break out Queens of Noise on a regular basis, and I would consider myself a Runaways fan. Unfortunately there's about 10 minutes of interesting footage to be seen in this documentary: a live version of rock and roll (the Lou Reed cover), and a couple early interviews including a HOTTT Joan Jett. The rest is extremely boring interviews with the rest of the runaways. While the story of the band is fascinating, some actual footage of the band playing live, or practicing, or more than a brief snippet of what had to have been a much longer interview, would have helped the story in a major way. There's totally an amazing story about an amazing band here to be told, but due to what I'm assuming was strict copyright control by Joan there is barely any Runaways music in this film. I had to play a record for my friends that were unfamiliar with the band after we watched it just so they had any idea what was going on! AND! Some of the most annoying camera work I've ever seen!! Someone must have told the camerapeople that jiggling the cameras makes interviews more realistic and interesting. If the makers of Edgeplay had any good early Runaways footage at their disposal, and if they hadn't let a chimpanzee film the interviews, this film could have been awesome.