It's good.

| May 15, 2020

It was really good.

| May 15, 2020

Bad Reputation is a rare look inside the life of an artist who's often guarded and protective about herself and her legacy.

| Jul 1, 2019

unquestioning documentary

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 21, 2019

I'm fine reveling in the almost supernatural Joan Jett I just wish that we could have been given a peek behind the curtain.

| Dec 31, 2018

Shedding light on a story of 70s rock and roll that is really a study of a turning tide in the fight for gender equality tunnelled through music.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2018

Bad Reputation embodies the energy and zest which Jett injects into her music.

| Oct 29, 2018

There's also little exploration of Jett's sexuality nor the more salacious parts of her drug addictions that she ultimately came out the other side of intact (if there were any scars, emotionally or physically, we don't learn about them).

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 29, 2018

Jett says she wants to offer her fans "a primal release". A pity, then, that this film about her is so repressed.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 29, 2018

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...with nothing less than wide-eyed adoration.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 26, 2018

The big treat is seeing Jett herself talk and watching her still-strong bond with producer and best friend Kenny Laguna: two leather-clad old mates, constantly bickering but inseparable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2018

A compelling look at the life and the legend of one of the most famous faces of punk rock.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2018

Bad Reputation convincingly makes the case for Jett's importance as a music icon even if the seemingly ageless 60-year-old remains an enigma in a PVC catsuit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 24, 2018

Bad Reputation offers a convincing argument for Joan Jett's canonisation as a feminist rock and roll icon.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 23, 2018

Jett is so free, she doesn't feel the need to speak to her private life. In her own way, that's as rock 'n' roll as it gets.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2018

Takes this black-leather-clad symbol of rebellion and reduces her to a kind of pop-up book, hitting salient marks without ever really digging deep.

| Original Score: 2.25/5 | Oct 3, 2018

This is a hugely entertaining film, recounting her life with humour and texture.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 2, 2018

Find out why a trip to Japan was a tipping point, how Jett's heart infection spurred artistic growth, why she turned down Noriega's offer of friendship, and what she's doing these days.

| Oct 2, 2018

[If] there was any dirt swept under the rug, that's where it's staying as the film is a celebration of her career, not a tabloid hack job.

| Sep 29, 2018

The film lacks substance when probing Jett's personal life, yet corrals an impressive roster of interviewees to shine a deserving spotlight on its subject, her independent spirit, and her enduring music.

| Sep 29, 2018