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Bad Reputation

  • 20182018
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  • 1h 33m
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7.3/10
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Joan Jett in Bad Reputation (2018)
Bad Reputation gives you a wild ride as Jett and her close friends tell you how it really was in the burgeoning ’70s punk scene, and their interviews are laced with amazing archival footage. The theme is clear: even though people tried to define Jett and keep her stuck to one hit, she never compromised. She will kick your ass, and you’ll love her all the more for it.
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    • Kevin Kerslake
    • Joel Marcus
  • Stars
    • Joan Jett
    • David Bowie(archive footage)
    • Evelyn McDonnell
    • Kevin Kerslake
    • Joel Marcus
  • Stars
    • Joan Jett
    • David Bowie(archive footage)
    • Evelyn McDonnell
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    • 15User reviews
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    • 66Metascore
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      The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2018.
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      Features A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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    8/10
    sense of Joan
    It's a documentary about female rock pioneer Joan Jett. It follows her from her teen years in L.A. and forming The Runaways with Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, and producer Kim Fowley. After the band's collapse, she falls into despair until she connects with bubble-gum music writer/producer Kenny Laguna. She starts up Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and forced to start a label of their own.

    In general, I know about The Runaways and The Blackhearts but I don't know about Laguna. It's a solid biopic of the highs and the lows of her career. It goes through the generalities of The Runaways. Her drug use could be expanded on. I would have liked to know where she was when she heard about the deaths of her friends Sid and Nancy. Does she have any words of wisdom about them? As for the rest, her relationship with Laguna is the most interesting. It doesn't skip over their lulls in the 90's. There are also famous fans doing their thing. The two main non-connected ones are Billie Joe Armstrong and Miley Cyrus. While I appreciated Armstrong, I can do without Cyrus. No matter how hard she tries, Cyrus can never be punk. If it's young female Hollywood, they could have used more Kristen Stewart. At least, she has more professional connection to Joan Jett. One gets a good sense of her in this doc and that's always the main goal.
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      • September 28, 2018 (United States)
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