Whip It

Whip It is directed by Drew Barrymore, and she has a role as well. It looks like it was a LOT of fun to make - all these actresses skating and falling and crashing and playing Roller Derby. Looks like fun. Watching the movie - not so much.

I was a big Roller Derby fan way back - 1969, 1970, The T-Birds in Chicago. I'd sneak into my parents room and dig out the old black and white tv that they had stored away, hook it up and hold onto the antenna trying to get the Chicago station in that would let me cheer along for Big John and the T-Birds. :) Good times.

This movie captures a bit of that same fun, with a heavy handed coming of age story that doesn't really play out well and is lacking in realism.

Girls falling down, skating, roller derby - it's all silly fun but very forgettable.

Pueblo Tinseltown looked good - popcorn was fresh and hot. This one gets a '2'.