Whip It ***1/2

'Whip It' stars Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore and many other faces you'll recognize. It's also Barrymore's directorial debut.

I like Drew Barrymore a lot. I'm sure she's done something bad in her 30+ year acting career, but I really haven't seen it. Sure, she's done things I could criticize, but nothing really all around 'bad'. And it seems that lately, she's all about the 'feel good' movies. I'm liking that, so I was excited to see what she could do as a director.

'Whip It' is about a girl who decides to play roller derby. Huh?? Roller derby?? People still do that?? Ok, so that bothered me a good bit, but for Drew, I was still excited. And amazingly, she pulled it off for me! I even got into the roller derby thing! And of course, there's a lovely family story with really a few good life lessons.

It's rated PG-13, and rated well I think. For younger kids, there's some bad language and some adult kind of themes, but for teenagers, I think it would be ok. It's entertaining and does present some good moral themes for the unruly pubescents.

A surprisingly good watch!

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