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The main character of the film Whip It!, Bliss is 17 years old and lives in Bodeen, Texas (which she thinks is a pretty lousy place) and works at the Oink Joint. Is it any wonder she wants to escape?! I don’t know. My mom never pushed me to participate in beauty pageants, and that\u2019s a significant difference.

But listen, everything changes when Bliss finds a flyer advertising a roller derby league for girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From here, we find out that “Whip It!” is a really CUTE movie, but not much more than that. It’s not funny enough to be a comedy, not dramatic enough to be a drama, and as a sports film, it\u2019s pretty thin (though it works best in this category). It gets bonus points for avoiding the biggest clich\u00e9s of sports movies. As a coming-of-age story, it doesn\u2019t quite hold up either, because every conflict is ridiculously clich\u00e9d and we’ve seen them all a thousand times before. Plus, in this movie, it turns out every character, even the nastiest roller girl, has a heart of gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Bliss… well, her rebellion against her parents is pretty mild. Her best friend, for instance, is a NERD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakest part of all is the romantic subplot. Bliss’s love interest is less appealing than Birdman, the loser from the Oink Joint.

<\/strong>So what\u2019s the deal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Well, Bliss is very charming, Kristen Wiig and Juliette Lewis effortlessly portray simple, suburban characters, and Daniel Stern is quite believable as the well-meaning, conflict-avoidant dad. I kept wondering why he looked familiar until I realized by the end credits that he\u2019s the taller goofball from Home Alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little “M” didn\u2019t cry once during “Whip It!”, and that says something. Though some particularly sensitive souls might get teary-eyed once or twice, if they’re unlucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, “Whip It!” is a typical one-time watch, directed by Drew Barrymore, who probably doesn\u2019t even know why she made it. Maybe she thought she should make a teen movie that\u2019s about twenty years behind EVERYTHING.

<\/strong>And if you think it was totally pointless to watch this whole thing, you’re very wrong! Even a sweet, mild, sugary film like this can have a universal lesson that goes beyond the movie itself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is it?

<\/strong>Did you know that beach volleyball players have the best butts IN THE WORLD?

<\/strong>Well, right after them are roller derby girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.2\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whip It! (2009), (IMDb<\/a>)
Director: Drew Barrymore, Stars: Ellen\/iott Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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