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Full of good-natured laughs and admirable girl powerdom, Whip It is a surprise hit movie of 2009. Sure the movie is full of cliches you would expect from sports and coming-of-age movie but who cares? Whip It is an intelligently crafted film that should not be dismissed as a chick flick.
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Whip It is the new movie directed by Drew Barrymore and starring Ellen Page. Page plays an independent minded teenager named Bliss Cavendar who is unfortunately being raised by a pageant-loving mom played by Marcia Gay Harden. As in the 2007 sleeper hit Juno, Page plays a girl who is, for better or worse, her own person. But other than that, the movies are not at all alike. Barrymore recently said proudly in a press conference that she had chosen Page for the role before Juno was filmed.
Bliss finds a way to sneak out of the house so she can learn to skate and try out for a roller derby league in Austin by telling her mother that she's taking an SAT preparation class. She not only makes the team, she becomes quite popular in the league, and she meets a boy named Oliver, played by Landon Pigg, who she meets at a game. The other young women on the team become like a family to her, rough edges and all.
Of course her mother finds out what is going on and is quite upset by it. If you no longer wish to wait to see this film, the why not watch Whip It online? But her dad, played by Daniel Stern is more sympathetic. Perhaps the pivotal point in the movie is when he confronts his wife, telling her that he doesn't want to miss the chance for his daughter to do what makes her happy, since it is clear that Bliss is totally cut out for being a roller derby girl.
There are some other guys in the movie, too. Jimmy Fallon plays the emcee at the roller derby league, Andrew Wilson plays the coach named, aptly, "Coach." And there's Landon Pigg as Bliss's boyfriend. All do just fine, particularly Stern, though the boyfriend storyline is one that could have been left out without compromising the rest of the movie.
Anyway, it's a fun movie and it's inspiring for girls who don't fit the traditional girly-girl mold. Perfect of a mom-daughter (or dad-daughter) outing, Whip It reminds its audience that dreams come in many different packages, and even the less conventional ones. If this movie sounds like your cup of tea, go ahead and watch Whip it.
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