Remember cute little Dakota Fanning as Tom Cruise's daughter in "War of the Worlds"? She had been the precocious child in so many films that Amy Poehler used to impersonate her as a comic character on SNL.
Now that she is in her awkward teen years, which usually kill child actors, we have her in "The Runaways" portraying the lead of the story, Cherie Currie. Seeing her in lingerie, grinding onstage or doing the whole sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle is a little tough given her sweet little girl roles previously. So we have some real painful scenes here although she does manage her way through it, Kristen Stewart does a bit better as Joan Jett capturing her rough body language and attitude.
The casting of these two women who have to work against their innocent reputations is deliberate in this tale of the tough road to female empowerment.
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Angelica