I rented WHIP IT, Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, and watched it with my wife this past weekend. While it wasn't perfect, it was a really fun coming-of-age film with a heckuva ensemble cast and a really beautiful portrayal of the sport of Roller Derby. Ellen Page (of JUNO) stars as a high school girl trying to find herself despite the pressures and expectations of her controlling mother. She finds a sense of self in the tomboyish sport of Roller Derby but has to lie about her age in order to participate. It's a very standard coming-of-age story that does little to tread new emotional territory. It's a bit difficult to swallow that the beautiful and intelligent protagonist feels that her only way out of her boring small town is by playing Roller Derby. Also the love interest/boy toy of the film is kind of ugly (at least by my wife's standards). But if you're willing to look past those odd qualities it's a pretty fun movie. The cast is pretty awesome. The main roller derby team (known as the Hurl Scouts) includes Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig (of SNL), and Zoe Bell (from Death Proof & Uma Thurman's stunt double in the KILL BILL films). The main rival team is led by Juliette Lewis (who has the PERFECT look and attitude for Roller Derby). And you have some nice bit parts from Jimmy Fallon and Andrew Wilson (the 3rd Wilson brother... I didn't know there was a 3rd one!). The star of the movie are the Roller Derby events which seems like the female equivalent of Mexican Wrestling. An impressive directorial debut by Drew Barrymore.