Thursday, October 8, 2009
Whip It
In a recent decision to splurge my friends and I decided to actually see a movie in the theaters. Last year we discovered that Lowe's Theater at the Waterfront has a deal where you can see any movie during the week, Monday through Thursday, for five dollars. After seeing the list of options we ended up picking Whip It. The new film directed and starring Drew Barrymore looks at the life of a Texas high schooler in search of herself. Ellen Page plays Bliss, a misfit who feels like she doesn't know who she is. Her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) forces her to participate in beauty pageants to try and give her the life she never had. On a trip to Austin Bliss finds a pamphlet for Austin's roller derby. After seeing one of the matches Bliss decides to join the derby and quickly becomes a star. While she works to discover herself Bliss realizes that in her search she can't just give up on the life she already has. I really enjoyed the film and thought it did a good job not being the typical teenage angst movie. It was funny and was one of those quirky movies that really work well. You fall in love with the characters and can easily relate to Bliss and what she wants to accomplish. I recommend it highly.
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i feel like in this post you could explain a little bit more on why you liked the movie. i.e. why it did a good job in not being the typical teenage movie, why it was funny and quirky, what made that work etc.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Maureen. I'd like a little more detail and maybe some more links. I know it is probably harder since you only saw it once and I'm sure you didn't write this right after seeing the movie, but maybe a little more research into the movie would help. I'd like to more about Drew Barrymore's experience with the directing the film. Did you think she did a good job? Would you see more movies directed by her?
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