Bad Reputation

2018
R
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

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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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Bad Reputation: I'm Gonna Be Doin' It

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Bad Reputation: I'm Gonna Be Doin' It

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Joan Jett

Self

David Bowie

Self
(archive footage)

Evelyn McDonnell

Self

Don Bolles

Self

Rodney Bingenheimer

Self

Sandy West

Self
(archive footage)

Iggy Pop

Self

Kim Fowley

Self
(archive footage)

Cherie Currie

Self

The Runaways

Themselves
(archive footage)

Chris Stein

Self

Debbie Harry

Self

Billie Joe Armstrong

Self

Anne Larkin

Self

Joni Mitchell

Self
(archive footage)

Sex Pistols

Themselves
(archive footage)

Sally Hershberger

Self

Jackie Fuchs

Self
(archive footage)
(as Jackie Fox)

Director
- Kevin Kerslake
Writer
- Joel Marcus
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Trivia
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2018.

Connections
Features A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Six stars is because I will like anything that even remotely involves Joan Jett. Having said that, there is little substance to this documentary, and testimonials from the likes of Miley Cyrus and the Green Day punk pretender seem like filler to attempt to be relevant with younger fans, and already seem dated. The virtue signaling in the last half hour or so was boring. There is so much more to Joan Jett, and hopefully there will be a great Joan Jett documentary out there somewhere, but this ain't it...