Whip It

Let me let you in on a secret, I think I’m going to go see Whip It! I don’t know exactly why, perhaps it’s because I got so bored of Drew Barrymore during the Charlies Angels era but recently shes been generating a lot of buzz for her directorial debuts. Whip It tells the story of a small town misfit who is often subjected to the dreary pageants that her aging mother vicariously lives through. That is until she realizes she joins a roller derby gang and breaks out of the mundane existence that society imposes on her. Its a FoxSearch Light picture so its quirky and appears entertaining enough.

Directed by Drew Barrymore and starring Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Hayden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Alia Shawkat, Eve and Jimmy Fallon. Whip It opens in select theaters  10/02/09.