Whip It

2009 Directed by Drew Barrymore

Be Your Own Hero

In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Elliot Page Alia Shawkat Kristen Wiig Drew Barrymore Shannon Eagen Landon Pigg Zoë Bell Juliette Lewis Ari Graynor Sarah Habel Marcia Gay Harden Jimmy Fallon Andrew Wilson Eve Daniel Stern Har Mar Superstar Carlo Alban Wallace Bridges John Lepard Austin Bickel Patrick Moug Danny Mooney Barbara Coven Nina Kircher Eulala Scheel Mary Callaghan Lynch Mark Boyd Douglas Minckiewicz

Alternative Titles

Rollergirl, Roller girls, Ça Roule !, Chicas Sin Freno, Chicas Sin Frenos, Bliss, Hajrá Bliss!, Roller Girl, 飙速青春, Roller Girl - Manchmal ist die schiefe Bahn der richtige Weg, 滚逐青春

drama

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Popular reviews

Review by katie ★★★★

OKAY BUT DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ALL THESE GIRLS HAD SO MUCH FUN MAKING THIS MOVIE
Review by tara ★★★★★

1. that was the gayest straight movie I have ever seen 2. I love kristen wiig So Very Much
Review by clemmie ★★★★½ 1

mid90s for the girls
Review by muriel ★★★★½ 4

a movie about a bunch of people roller skating and having fun directed by drew barrymore literally what more could you ask for
Review by bean 1

for an entire 12 hours my friend was talking about Whiplash and I kept thinking it was this movie
Review by Andrew Lucas ★★★★½

I can’t believe this movie was full of hot roller derby women but Ellen Page’s main love interest was a greasy little shit who looked like a malnourished giraffe.
But anyways Whip It (2009) > Whiplash (2014) fight me
Review by Graham Williamson ★★★★½ 13

I won't lie that teenage me had a massive crush on Drew Barrymore. (Adult me is a proper reviewer and completely immune to such dubious favouritism, hem hem) When her directorial debut came out in the UK, a story of unsuccessful beauty pageant contestant Bliss Cavendar finding personal epiphanies in the proudly unpretty world of roller derby, I listed it as one of my favourite films of the year. Afterwards I came to wonder if I'd overrated it.
Watching it again? I think I'd underrated it.
Whip It is the teen movie I'd been waiting years for, a wonderful thing that lives so perfectly in between arthouse and Hollywood depictions of teenage life - a more emotional and realistic Mean…
Review by riki ★★★★★

i luv the words “directed by drew barrymore”
Review by Madison 🎭 ★★★½

a movie about roller derby directed by bi drew barrymore starring gay ellen page and bi alia shawkat? big dyke energy
Review by kayla ★★★★ 3

Omg I’m crying because I love Bliss’s dad so much what a great guy. The cast was so much fun and the soundtrack was awesome. I kinda wanna try roller derby it seems fun even though I’d get my ass 100% kicked by it
Review by noelle ★★★½

the pure gay energy radiating off of this is astounding
Review by cowboy like eely ★★★★

bliss fought harder for her roller skates than she did for her man and that is true lesbian energy

Recent reviews

Review by meg ★★★★½

i'm going to start telling people my favourite director is drew barrymore.
Review by free_winona ★★★★★

twas good. comfort film
Review by james ★★★½

seminal transgender film
Review by suesskind ★★★

never had so much fun with a movie I was continously mad at for being straight
Review by rachelregalado ★★★★

i want a cool roller derby nickname
Review by Tim Hilbert ★★★★

This is absolute gay excellence.
Drew make some more movies!!
Review by Katie M ★★★★★

drew I am begging for you to direct something else
my bday movie pick! what a feel good kick ass movie
Review by Aine Geraghty ★★★★★

Drew Barrymore literally made a perfect movie and then never directed another. This is both infuriating and iconic.
Review by fiachrafinn

Who’s the hunk wearing the Daniel Johnston shirt
Review by SylvainL ★★★★

Je pige un peu au hasard dans la carrière de Kristen Wiig, et ça m'amène vers des trucs surprenants, comme ce film dont j'avais oublié l'existence. Je ne connais pas très bien Drew Barrymore, mais il me semble que ce film lui ressemble beaucoup, dans son énergie doucement anarchiste qui dégage plein de bonne humeur. En superficie, c'est un peu le film sportif auquel on pourrait s'attendre, on reconnait la formule du premier Rocky, mais en même temps pas vraiment parce que ça met de l'avant la relation mère-fille et l'amitié entre femmes, en laissant peu de place à la relation amoureuse (qui se conclut exactement comme elle se doit), le roller derby servant à illustrer tout ça. Les ficelles…
Review by PlasticJay ★★★★½

Fantastic indie coming of age movie that I will never get tired of. Fun comedy, cute characters, fun dialogue and great acting. JULIETTE LEWIS IS THE UNDERRATED QUEEN OF THE CENTURY
Review by Amuzerz ★★★★

So indie and pretentious. someone swap shirts with me