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Bad Reputation

2018

Kevin Kerslake

Documentary, Self: Billie Joe Armstrong, Rodney Bingenheimer, Bill Curbishley ...

6.3

41

Documentary Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.

	Author	Review
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"The movie chronicles music industry tales of glory and failure. These are dishy"	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"'Bad Reputation' often struggles to extract deeper thoughts from its subject (...) The film gives a basic image of Jett as a consummate badass with a heart of gold (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A rock-doc without much sense of what fans most want to see or what newcomers most need to know (...) The film is a disappointment"	NEG
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Joan Jett deserves a great rock doc. This isn't it (...) Director Kevin Kerslake ticks all the boxes (...) A deeply dissatisfying piece of filmmaking (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"[Joan Jett] comes across here every bit as funny, smart, self-aware and generous as you could hope for (...) Kerslake moves the story along at a nice adagio pace (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Brad Wheeler The Globe and Mail	"An energetic, applauding and unadventurous documentary (...) We learn a little about Jett’s activism, and hardly anything about her personal life (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"The life and career of the groundbreaking rocker Joan Jett gets the dreary documentary treatment as the director Kevin Kerslake marches obediently through her career (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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