Whip It
Be Your Own Hero
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.
- 6.7
- 2009
- Released
- 1h 51m
Elliot Page
Bliss Cavendar
Alia Shawkat
Pash
Marcia Gay Harden
Brooke Cavendar
Kristen Wiig
Maggie Mayhem
Drew Barrymore
Smashley Simpson
Landon Pigg
Oliver
Juliette Lewis
Iron Maven
Zoë Bell
Bloody Holly
Daniel Stern
Earl Cavendar
Eve
Rosa Sparks
Andrew Wilson
Razor
Sarah Habel
Corbi
Shannon Eagen
Amber
Jimmy Fallon
"Hot Tub" Johnny Rocket
Ari Graynor
Eva Destruction
Carlo Alban
Birdman
Eulala Scheel
Shania Cavendar
Har Mar Superstar
Fight Attendants Coach
Austin Bickel
Riley
Danny Mooney
Smashley's Fiancé
Nina Kircher
Trudy
Mary Callaghan Lynch
Val
Mark Boyd
Ronny
Douglas Minckiewicz
Colby
Sydney Bennett
Kami Kaze
Rachel Bockheim
Jackie Daniels
Chloé Trueheart
Atomic City Girl #1
Barbara Coven
Pageant Mother
Patrick Moug
Terrifying Cop
Wallace Bridges
Cop #1
John Lepard
Cop #2
Kerri St. Aubin
Stunt DoubleKristen Adolfi
Manson Sister
Released
en
$15,000,000.00
$16,633,035.00
- #small town
- #sports
- #texas
- #female friendship
- #coming of age
- #roller derby
- #austin, texas
- #duringcreditsstinger
- #woman director
- #exhilarated
Reviews
_**Coming of age with the roller derby girls**_ Released in 2009, "Whip It" was Drew Barrymore's first and (so far) only full-length film in the director's chair. Drew also co-stars, but her character is decidedly peripheral. The story revolves around 17 year-old Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page), her parents (Daniel Stern & Marcia Gay Harden) and her best friend, Pash (Alia Shawkat). Bliss is inv
Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend. I've actually been to some of the Austin locations and seen that roller rink: it's a pretty cool place with a powerful vibe to the room. I've really had enough of pagentry, it just feels very boring, so maybe it was the perfect way to start this movie. It's a very cliche "I don't want your life" beginning, but grounding the establishing act
Be your own hero! Go Babe Ruthless! Whip It is directed by Drew Barrymore and adapted for the screen by Shauna Cross from her own novel, Derby Girl. Barrymore also co-stars alongside Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern and Landon Pigg. Bliss Cavendar (Page) is a bored teenage girl stuck in a rut in Bodeen, Texas. Her life cons
Simple, fresh and enjoying girls teenager movie. Perfect for not thinking much and enjoying, without having to suffer all the stereotypes.