She's Just The Girl...Just The Girl...The Girl U Want

This was a top notch directorial debut for Drew Barrymore with Whip it. The film focuses on an ex-beauty pageant contestant named Bliss (Ellen Page) who decides to throw her crown in the trash and join a roller derby team. Fuckin Aye!!! Whip it stands out from the crowd of other coming of age films that seem to saturate the DVD store shelves and cinemas (if they are lucky). This is due to the combination of a brilliant script, adapted by Shauna Cross to screen from her novel Derby Girl and its rad supporting cast Kristen Wiig, (New Zealand’s own) Zoe Bell, Eve, Juliette Lewis, and Barrymore herself...Whip it reminds us to find something in life that you are good at. It’s great to see girls kickin’ some ass and doing it in style. It’s not arty, it’s just a fuckin good movie.