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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 09 > ‘Whip It' is smart, strong

‘Whip It' is smart, strong

Directorial debut from Barrymore has cliches but is perfectly timed


October 9, 2009

‘Whip It” is an unreasonably entertaining movie, causing you perhaps to revise your notions about women's roller derby, assuming you have any. The movie is a coming-together of two free spirits, Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page, and while it may not reflect the kind of female empowerment Gloria....

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