Whip It
Sunday, November 1st, 2009Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut is an action loaded girl-power comedy. Bliss is an unhappy teenager who is forced to go to attend beauty pageants by her mother. When she discovers Roller Derby she falls in love with it immediately and joins a team without telling her parents.
The story could be fun but it is just so predictable. I like the idea of making a film about Roller Derby because I don’t know anything about it but it is definitely lacking in finesse. The characters are one demential and none of them are especially original. I guess the problem is that people like Drew Barrymore get to make their first steps with big budget feature films while other directors make lots of short films where they can make mistakes and then go on to direct feature length movies. 
The conclusion is that even though there is a lot of talent involved (Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Marcia Gay Harden and many more) and the idea is cute it just didn’t turn out to be a good movie. Lets hope Drew’s next film will be better…
