It’s about fucking time The Runaways get their close up. The iconic teenage girl group got its start in the Los Angeles club scene in back in ’75, busting out a gritty, sexy and succulent version of glammed-out punk rock. Their self-titled debut dropped in 1976 with the single “Cherry Bomb” — the beginning of a string of hits that included “Queens of Noise” and “Born to Be Bad.” The Runaways always influenced countless girl rockers and riot-grrrls before splitting in ’79 as Lita Ford, Joan Jett and others went on to pursue solo careers.

The big screen bio-pic adaption, appropriately title The Runaways, is toplined by Dakota Fanning (reveling in her role as jail-bait lead singer Cherrie Curie) and Twilight star Kristen Thomas (rocking jet-black hair as Jett). “It was weird,” Jett says of Thomas playing herself in the flick. “I feel like she got it as right as you can get it. I don’t know what else she could’ve done.”

The Runaways recently premiered at Sundance and opens in theaters Friday. Check out a trailer here: