Whip It
Bliss Cavendar lives in small-town Texas and yearns to break free of her mother's world of beauty pageants and conformity. Bliss then finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
18 April 1989, Riverside, California, USA
21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 July 1971, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
July 14, 2011
Led by Ellen Page, the movie finds the Juno star playing a slightly less cocksure version of the Diablo Cody creation.
October 27, 2010
[Whip It] treats its mostly female cast of characters with respect, and this is (sadly) a rare treat in cinema. Hannah Montana may be this generation's Spice Girl, but Bliss Cavender is the one really waving the 'girl power' flag.
October 05, 2009
One of the best girl casts of the year. You don't leave wanting to pick up the DVD, but you do want to pick up a set of dumbbells.
August 10, 2010
Barrymore is just as determined to land some insightful and unexpected dramatic punches as she is with the inherent physical comedy for which the sport is renowned.
October 02, 2009
For the most part, the 34-year-old Barrymore, with much of her life spent in front of the camera and more than a few impressive producing credits already in the bank, proves steady on her feet, able to handle curves and straightaways with equal grace.
October 14, 2009
It's just "Footloose" goes to the roller derby.
October 02, 2009
Love may be too strong a word, for me. But I'm deeply in like with Whip It.
October 02, 2009
It's that happiest of surprises: a multiplex movie that genuinely respects its young audience.
April 04, 2011
Juliette Lewis and her crazy eyes pretty much make any movie better.
July 04, 2010
What impresses is the girl power spirit often prevalent in Barrymore's work, but also a its sense of optimism and warm heart.
April 08, 2010
Deftly moderating her patented eye-rolling poseur shtick, Page delivers her most charismatic and least divisive performance to date as Bliss Cavendar, aka Babe Ruthless.
August 22, 2010
It doesn't reach for an epic scale but is comfortable in its humility, and that makes it all the more stellar...
