Last night I watched my NetFlix arrival, Whip It. Matt and I had wanted to see this in the theater but never made a point of it. Now that I've seen it that doesn't upset me--it wasn't one of those movies that is better on big screen. It was entertaining, cute, and even a little inspirational as a young woman. I loved the premise, being a roller derby girl would be awesome; defying parents and hanging with older tough chicks and rocking at it would be a dream for a high school girl struggling with who she is. But the film lacked depth in the relationships it established. It didn't get under my skin and draw me in. I suggest everyone see it for it's fun value but don't have high expectations to be stunned.
Synopsis from IMBd after the jump.
Synopsis from IMBd.com: Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) has grown unhappy with the apparent small-town Texas life of Friday night football and beauty pageant competition, the football championed by her father Earl (Daniel Stern) and the pageants by her mother Brooke (Marcia Gay Harden). She commiserates with her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat) at their waitressing jobs. Pash has a plan to get out: she is applying to Ivy League schools. Bliss just wants to get out and needs a plan and a calling. She finds it during a shopping trip to Austin, Texas where she picks up a flyer for a Roller Derby event, schemes to attend, gets invited to try out and becomes Babe Ruthless, her alter-ego roller derby character. She makes the team, lies about her age, works hard to succeed, experiences her first love with the young lead singer of an Indie rock band, gets disappointed in love, bonds with her new family of roller derby girls, fights with her mother to escape the beauty pageant and live her new dream as roller derby star. She manages to reconcile all of this, impress and win over her parents and friends, and charts an ambiguous goal to move to Austin, continue with Roller Derby, and live her new life.
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