Movie Review: “Whip It”

Seen on: October 2, 2009

The players: Director: Drew Barrymore, Writer: Shauna Cross, Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis

Facts of interest: Drew Barrymore's directorial debut.

The plot: Ellen Page plays a Texas teenager who's fed up with beauty pageants and discovers her happiness in roller derby.

Our thoughts: Drew Barrymore celebrates her feature directorial debut with “Whip It,” and the result sure isn’t bad. The film is by no means perfect, but a terrific Ellen Page and a solid supporting cast inject a lot of energy and heart into Shauna Cross’ script, based on her novel about the world of women’s roller derby.

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Roll behind the scenes of 'Whip It'

Drew Barrymore celebrates her directorial debut with "Whip It," an upcoming drama centering on Bliss Cavendar (played by Ellen Page), a Texas teenager who finds a way of dealing with her misery after she discovers a roller derby league in Austin.

A new and rather short behind-the-scenes look has hit the Web, and it features a mini interview with Barrymore about what to expect in the film, which opens Oct. 2, 2009. Barrymore, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig and Zoe Bell co-star in the film, and you can check out the clip below.

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Marcia Gay Harden plays 'The No Game'

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo are in talks to star in Sherry Horman's upcoming indie drama "The No Game," which David Abramowitz ("Highlander") and Elizabeth Fein wrote.

The story, according to the Hollywood Reporter, centers on an 18-year-old Jewish woman who discovers her biological mom is Palestinian. The girl ends up traveling to her aunt (Aghdashloo) in Brooklyn, and their relationship causes friction between her and her adoptive mother (Harden).

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