Whip It

Pros: Page, Harden, Stern, Wiig, Fallon lead fine ensemble cast; story, direction
Cons: Says little new about sports

Bliss Cavendar has dreams that run contrary to the ones her mother has for her. Year after year, Mrs. Cavendar enters Bliss in beauty pageants, but Bliss has never been anything but second best. The contests, over time, have become less and less ...

Pros: Exciting action scenes, great pace, performances notably Page
Cons: Nothing major

Whip It (2009) Directed by: Drew Barrymore Written by: Shauna Cross (novel and screenplay) Starring: Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Jimmy Fallon The biggest ...

Pros: Fun, entertaining movie with good cast.
Cons: Few slow spots. 

Drew Barrymore has been acting since she was a child.  I've seen many of her movies and I tend to enjoy them.  She has branched out with her career a bit and directed her first movie, Whip It.Teenager Bliss Cavendar ...

Pros: Ellen Page and supporting cast are great. 
Cons: It's very predictable.

WHIP IT is a great example of how perfect casting and an infectious enthusiasm can overcome a many problems in a film.  In the case of Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, those problems are primarily an exceedingly predictable plot and ...

Pros: Page, Barrymoore's direction, fun
Cons: None really

It's no secret that I consider Juno to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. Judging, not only from the people I personally know attacking me, but from my infamous review of it, I didn't get a lot of slack from my hatred of that ...

Pros: Family friendly, upbeat, cool movie
Cons: predictable

My mom, boyfriend and I saw "Whip It" at one of the sneak previews held last week. Whip It is directed by Drew Barrymore, and stars the same girl who starred in Juno. However, I think her acting skills really shine in this movie. Juliette Lewis is a ...

Pros: It included great understandable humor, an original plotline, and a well-known cast of actors.
Cons: It lacked depth, and the somewhat hopeful plotline never took off.

The movie "Whip It", starred Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, and Kirstin Wiig. The film was centered around a seventeen-year-old Page, who lived in a small town outside of Austin, TX. She struggles with the life her mother expects her to live by, and the roller-derby lifestyle she stumbled upon. I thuroughly enjoyed the film, and considered it to be quirky, but very much relatable to the current lifestyles of todays teenagers in America.