Whip It (2009)

6.9	Listal rating
6.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Drew Barrymore

Starring (View all)

Corbi

Amber

Pageant Coordinator

Val

Bliss Cavendar

'Hot Tub' Johnny Rocket

Alia Shawkat

Pash

Marcia Gay Harden

Brooke Cavendar

Written by

Shauna Cross

(screenplay)

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A good movie

1 year, 1 month ago at Apr 12 0:21

johanlefourbe

4 votes

Since I kept hearing good things about this movie, I was really eager to watch this flick. Drew Barrymore had some ups and downs during her career as actress but you can say whatever you want, she delivered an impressive directing debut. Basically, it is an interesting movie mixing teenage anxiety with a sport flick. Of course, the whole thing is rather cliché and predictable but it is so well ma... read more

Promising directorial debut for Barrymore

3 years, 6 months ago at Nov 14 5:54

PvtCaboose91

3 votes

"The last time I wore skates, they had Barbies on them."

For Whip It, first-time director Drew Barrymore has crafted a sports flick and a coming-of-age tale rolled together to produce a warm, droll charmer of a motion picture. Shauna Cross wrote the screenplay for the film, which was adapted from her own novel Derby Girl: a fictional story constructed using anecdotes from the author... read more

Whip It

3 years, 7 months ago at Oct 9 13:29

JxSxPx

1 vote

Ellen Page is my generation’s version of Winona Ryder. That became increasingly evident as I watched Whip It. She’s a brainy brunette with a penchant for playing shy, quiet, underachieving smart(ass) girls. Her character in Whip It is similar, but has none of Juno’s defining pop culture rapid-fire zingers.

I am not female, but by the end of this movie I felt like an empowered ... read more

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A misfit girl named Bliss (Ellen Page) is constantly being pressured to enter beauty pageants by her mother, so she joins a roller derby league instead. Whip It! is an upcoming comedy film directed by Drew Barrymore and written by Shauna Cross, based on Cross' novel Derby Girl. The film will be Barrymore's directorial debut.

Release date : 2 October 2009

Drama (14), (10), Skating (9), 2009 (7), Sport (6), Ellen Page (6), Drew Barrymore (5), Sports (5), Based On Book (4), Texas (4), Roller Derby (3), Action (3), Zoe Bell (2), Teen (2), 2000s (2), Jimmy Fallon (2), Small Towns (2), Alia Shawkat (1), Based On Book (3) (1), Adaptation (1)

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" Plot: In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin. Genre: Drama | Sport Director: Drew Barrymore Stars: Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden -----} Trailer"

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" This was a nice little low-key film. It isn't anything too incredibly special except that it did manage to focus on roller derby without feeling exploitative or over glorified. A very impressive film from director Drew Barrymore and it was nice to see some indy-film favorites playing other rolls then what they normally get typecast into playing. "