Monday, 22 November 2010

Whip It (2009) 8/10

Starring : Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden
Director : Drew Barrymore
Running Time : 111 mins

Teenage tearaway Bliss Cavendar (Page) wants nothing more than to get away from her mother Brooke (Harden) and her insistence on entering her into beauty pageants, so when she discovers a roller derby league in a nearby town, she decides to lie about her age and join up.

I wasn’t expecting much from this directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, but was pleasantly surprised when I sat down to watch it. Ellen Page is always great in any movie she does, and the supporting cast manage to keep the movie interesting and fast paced, making the near two hour run time feel more like ninety minutes.

You’ll like this if you liked : Stick It

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