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Whip It! |  | Director: Drew Barrymore
Actors: Sarah Habel, Shannon Eagen, Edward Austin Austin, Mary Callaghan Lynch, Ellen Page
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: Movie
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 6476
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 111 Minutes
ASIN: B003413LI0
Theatrical Release Date: October 2, 2009
Release Date: January 26, 2010
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| Synopsis:
"Hang onto your helmet and get ready to break away from the pack! Ellen Page scores huge laughs as Bliss Cavendar, a small-town teenager with abig dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a wayto put her life on the fast track...literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes "Babe Ruthless" -- the hottest thing on eight wheels! Co-starring Drew Barrymore (in her feature film directorial debut), Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Daniel Stern and Jimmy Fallon, Whip It is a triumphant, free-spiritedcomedy loaded with high-speed action and nonstop fun!" |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 86
 A pleasant surprise August 13, 2010
rndkr (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Is Ellen page the most charming young actress around these days or what? She has a fresh, intelligent, unpretentious appeal, and it makes sense that she would be attracted to the role of Bliss, a 17 year old girl trying to break out of the small town mold she feels trapped in, secretly opting for the roughhouse world of roller derby competitions, while her mother continues grooming her for a far more conventional future (word has it that Page backed out of being in Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell in order to star here). Page has a good supporting cast backing her up, chief among them the also quite-charming Alia Shawkat as her best buddy, Pash; with Daniel Stern and Marcia Gay Harden both warm and sympathetic as her struggling-to-be-understanding parents. Both parental figures came across as believable, flesh and blood people, which Hollywood often has a hard time accomplishing in youth-oriented comedies, sad to say. The movie itself is definitely a bit on the predictable and moralistic side, but shows respect to all its characters, never descending into caricatures for easy, smug laughs, and sporting that very strong Girl Power vibe: so nice to see it come out in FAVOR of tough roller derby girls in the end, no apologies.
Great Movie!! August 2, 2010
Abby
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved Ellen Page in Juno, and she's really good in Whip It. I loved the music in this movie, the story line, the supporting characters, and the end. It also gave you some fun facts about roller derby, which I hadn't heard about before seeing this movie. Overall I would definitely recommend Whip It to anyone who likes movies about people following the desires of their hearts, and being willing to take chances.
 Tyson July 21, 2010
Tyson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great film that feels very realistic! The movie is very visually pleasing and well thought out. Ellen page is just great how could any moviegoer not love her she is just entertaining and someone we all want to route for! All in all this is a movie to see!!!
Great, fun Roller Derby Movie! July 16, 2010
Mauibluecat (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really fun movie with a lot of good messages in it! The writing in it is excellent! It's very entertaining!
I remember being a child and watching Roller Derby in the late 70's and loving it! So, this movie really brought those memories back!
Juliette Lewis is hot as ever! And Kristen Whigg is very good in it also!
Auspicious Directorial Debut For Drew Barrymore July 16, 2010
David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Years ago a co-worker of mine tried to explain the rules and arcana of roller derby. After her explanation and seeing this film and "Kansas City Bomber" with Raquel Welch I still don't understand the "sport". That said, I still loved this movie. Fledgling filmmaker Drew Barrymore makes your confusion irrelevant because "Whip It" is so imbued with high-spiritedness and fun. One could nitpick and say there are moments in the film that are cutesy and self-consciously cool. That can be dismissed as rookie errors but on the whole Barrymore displays enough assuredness behind the lens that I look forward to her future efforts. Ellen Page's star continues to rise here as the reluctant smalltown beauty queen turned enthusiastic derby star. In her young career Page has made some terrific choices eschewing more commercial vehicles and going for offbeat parts that fit her personality to a tee. This film didn't get much play on initial release but deserves to be discovered.
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