Whip It

Year: 2009

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Barrymore

Review

a grrrl power coming-of-age flick from drew barrymore. some of the coming of age stuff was decent – ellen page making her own mistakes and all that business. i thought the parents were well represented. it definitely has some of that austin vibe to it – the culture and some of the settings were recognizable. it also has zoe bell who isn’t a good actress, not even by a long shot, but she’s a really good stuntwoman. you can also find her in death proof and she’s done stunts in other tarantino films. ellen page has her usual role here, but she more or less mailed this one in. it’s not amazingly well written and her style is getting to be old hat. you expect more from a up and comer like her so hopefully she’ll dabble in more stuff like hard candy instead of sticking to the less well-written juno-esque stuff. in general the acting wasn’t all that good and the writing was only occasionally effective. needed more polish.

Watched in theater