Whip It is a 2009 comedy-drama film written by Shauna Cross, based on Cross's novel Derby Girl. The film is directed by Drew Barrymore in her directorial debut. It stars Ellen Page as a teenager from a small town who joins a roller derby team. The film received generally positive reviews from critics but was a disappointment commercially. Bliss Cavendar is a misfit in the small town of Bodeen, Texas, with no sense of direction in her life. Her mother, Brooke , a former beauty queen, pushes her to enter beauty pageants despite her lack of interest. Bliss and her best friend, Pash , dream of... escaping. Pash plans to attend an Ivy League school in a big city, but Bliss is uncertain as to what she wants for her future. During a shopping trip to Austin with her mother, Bliss encounters three roller derby team members. Intrigued, she and Pash attend a roller derby bout under the pretense of going to a football game, where they see the Holy Rollers defeat the Hurl Scouts, a perennially unsuccessful derby team.
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| Release date: | September 13, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Drew Barrymore |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Barry Mendel, Drew Barrymore |
| Editor: | Dylan Tichenor |
| Music by: | The Section Quartet |
| Cinematography: | Robert Yeoman |
| Screenplay by: | Shauna Cross |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Derby Girl |
| Genre: | Comedy |