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Whip It
2009 1h 51m PG-13
Drama
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Sport
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Comedy
6.9
85%
74%
67%
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In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock-loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller-derby league in nearby Austin.
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Directed By
Drew Barrymore
Written By
Shauna Cross
Studio
Dune Entertainment
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Mandate Pictures
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Cast of Whip It
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 Double
Whip It Reviews
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
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.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
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.
San Francisco Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Love may be too strong a word, for me. But I'm deeply in like with Whip It.
Richard Roeper.com
Richard Roeper
It's just "Footloose" goes to the roller derby.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Whip It looks like it was a fun movie to make. Unfortunately, it's not all that fun to watch.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
It's that happiest of surprises: a multiplex movie that genuinely respects its young audience.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Barrymore's embrace of gal power is joyful. The skaters are gutsy, goofy or both. They own their own odd sexiness.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Has verve to spare, not to mention a message ... refreshingly delivered with more blood and sweat than tears.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
While unsurprising and more than a tad familiar, this is nonetheless one of the more exuberantly entertaining pictures I've seen this Fall.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
Cynical moviegoers who are the first in their circle of friends to look for a movie's missteps probably shouldn't attend Whip It, but many, many people will find something to love in this roller-skating underdog.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It succeeds because of the emotional rather than comic payoffs, such as a late scene between Page and Harden, where daughter and mother, after a rough patch, hit on an unexpectedly serious subject.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Whip It has such a sweet spirit that it's easy enough to let its flaws sail by.
TIME Magazine
Mary F. Pols
Even if a tale of female empowerment through roller derby is not your particular cup of tea, Barrymore delivers it with such a giddy good sense of fun that it's easy enough to go along with.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Girls just wanna have fun -- and boy, do they as rough 'n' ready roller derby players -- in Whip It, Drew Barrymore's exuberant and totally winning directing debut.
Philadelphia City Paper
Sam Adams
Barrymore's first film as a director is both formless and formulaic, but there's a palpable spirit behind it that makes its many rough patches tolerable.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Built upon a mountain of clichà (C)s, the screenplay wallows in artificiality and, although some of the sports action sequences are well choreographed and have a ring of authenticity, nearly every scene away from the arena reeks of contrivance.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is a larky and ultimately disposable entertainment.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
A surprisingly credible coming-of-age story.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
It will not change the way you think about movies, roller derby or the relations between teenage girls and their mothers, friends or dreams. But it does invite you to stop and appreciate all those things.
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Whip It: Featurette (Cast Profile)
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Whip It: Stalking Me
Whip It: Being Judged
Whip It: Here For You
Whip It: Football Game
Whip It: Player Intros
Whip It: Ready, Set, Go
Whip It: Writer's Draft (Exclusive)
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