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by Stephen, published on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 It’s difficult to get excited about a movie expected to provide fast high class action, but fails miserably in delivering soft, feeble action sequences. The saving grace is provided by the extremely talented actress; Ellen Page. So what’s it all about? Whip It is a 2009 film directed by Drew Barrymore and written by Shauna Cross, based on Cross’s novel Derby Girl. The film is Barrymore’s directorial debut. The film stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar, a small town teenager who joins a roller derby team she discovers in Austin, Texas. Drew Barrymore’s direction provides the heat of the action in the Derby girl races, it’s just that the races aren’t as explosive or violent as expected. They are quite tame. There is of course the occasional punch thrown and some moderate pushing, but this lacks all the power of the way players treat each other in say, Canadian ice hockey, American football or British rugby. I’m probably the wrong person to review this movie because I’m not a female teenager. There’s no doubt the screenplay’s directed towards young girls, particularly those looking for an action sport. It’s just that the action is so lacking during the races and the screenplay so average compared to quality movies, but probably exactly right for its target audience. I did laugh at one line some five minutes before the end of the movie. I quite expected it would be much more amusing, perhaps I just missed the jokes. Okay yes I admit it, the pull of Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore was enough to get me to see this movie and neither failed. It’s more that the action and the obvious screenwriting was just too lame for my expectations. I really can’t see where they spent their $50 million unless it was on the director and Ellen Page’s salaries. Half of the movie was set inside an empty hangar, I can only expect the majority of the money went towards promoting the movie. Some movies I watch time and time again perhaps over the course of time. This is one of them. It’s not a keeper. Source: filmandmoviemaking.com |
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