Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart nail their roles as Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, two of the founding members of the seventies band The Runaways. Discovered by their manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) who manipulates their image with drill sergeant precision, he turns these rock-obsessed highschool misfits into successful stars by exploiting their youth and sexuality. Based on Currie�s memoir Neon Angel and the feature debut of music video director Floria Sigismondi, this gritty, spirited story of the rise and fall of these teenaged rock-n-roll rebels, and the unlikely friendship that developed between the two main bandmates is authentic with rich, period details.