The Runaways: The Man Behind the Girls
Making biopics or even rendering history in documentary terms necessitates a filmmaker to leave at least some of the story out.
And in The Runaways, it seems as if the story’s been much condensed to fit into the traditional hour and some change length. Certainly, the group played more than a few gigs before heading of to Japan. In the movie it takes maybe fifteen minutes to get there. Time’s a tricky thing, it’s deceptive and can’t be real if displayed on film. Enough nitpicking, though, ‘cause the story here is pretty compelling.
