At long last we have a trailer from Whip It, Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut about a girl (Ellen Page) who doesn’t want to be in beauty pageants so she joins the roller derby.
Bliss (Page) tries out as Babe Ruthless for a team named the Hurl Scouts, where she hopes to skate alongside the likes of Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig) and Smashley Simpson (Drew Barrymore). The movie also features Marcia Gay Harden as Bliss’ disapproving mother, and Jimmy Fallon as a hungover announcer named Hot Tub Johnny [if the name sounds familiar it's because Andrew Dice Clay used to talk about a guy named Hot Tub Johnny West a lot]. [via /Film]
Anyway, you can tell it’s about teenage rebellion because all the girls wear plaid skirts, and plaid skirts = subverting the dominant paradigm. “Find your tribe,” reads the title card. Because that’s what rebellion is; you find some people you think are cool and then try to dress and act just like them. Like when I used to rub dirt on my face and yell “Look, I’m Mexican!” Okay, bad example.
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She wants to skate alongside the other Hurl Scouts, but they just view her as a tagalong.
Fuck. I was hoping Juliette Lewis really was eaten by the giant squid they caught in 2006. I gotta cut back on the acid for these Discovery premiers.
I hear a good way to train for roller derby is to skate as fast as you can down Fisherman’s Wharf.
“You’ve got moxie, kid”
-Actually, it’s a tampon.
Sorry, I am too much of a macho bigot to give a rat’s ass about this piece of shit skank movie.
“It smells like egg salad sandwiches in here…are you guys making a pointless, worthless film about roller derby/teenage GRRLS?”
EGG SALADY!
Wasn’t Smashley Simpson the boss on the Jetsons?
I think i’ll just keep jerking off to “Kansas City Bomber”, but thanks anyway.
Somebody told her to follow her goals so now she spends her time chasing after aggressive lesbians in short skirts.
So, she went from rollers in her hair to rollers on her feet?
When Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut, you must whip it
On the one hand, this sounds awful. On the other hand, Ellen Page.
I’m torn.
apparently roller derby causes giant thighs and somewhat surprising erections
“Find Your Tribe” was also the tagline for the drive to found Liberia.
New up.
The best part of a bitch on wheels? Cuts their kitchen travel time in half.
Smashley simpson? Fuck the whole world
Because that’s what rebellion is; you find some people you think are cool and then try to dress and act just like them, like when I used to rub dirt on my face and yell “Look, I’m Mexican!” Or when Gary Busey smears himself with roadkill and howls like a coyote.
Or like when I have sex with men in bathhouses. Joke’s on them, though – I’m not gay!
The next time Ellen Page plays a character who isn’t an “indie music enthusiast” will be the first time. I’m pretty sure her Kitty Pryde was all like “Hey Iceman, have you heard of Grizzly Bear?” at some point in that X-Men movie I didn’t pay to see.
Drew Barrymore: It’s an allegory for womanhood. The derby track represents the intensity and unpredictability of a young woman’s life, the mother clearly represents society stifling female creativity, and the skates represent the slippery slope women walk between motherhood and career.
Me: Is it, or did you remake “Bend it Like Beckham” on a Derby track?
Drew Barrymore: You try having a period! IT’S A FUCKING ALLEGORY!
Am I crazy or is that Future Man playing the coach with the hair and beard? IMDB doesn’t list him in the cast.
“Lets celebrate mediocrity.”
That guy came up with the perfect tagline for this movie.
Love Drew Barrymore! cool colorful combination => bright purple skirts fashion, a light lilac tank top and a green military jacket. I also love Thandie’s choice of her Indie Clothing Styles.