

Whip It
Be your own hero.
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
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6.7/10
1,169 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $16.6M
- Language
- English
- small town
- sports
- texas
- female friendship
- coming of age
- roller derby
- austin, texas
- duringcreditsstinger
- woman director
- exhilarated
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-132 Oct 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A7 Apr 2010
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM8 Oct 2009
- PhysicalM18 Feb 2010
CanadaCA
- Theatrical13 Sept 2009
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1213 Apr 2010
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT15+17 Dec 2009
FranceFR
- TheatricalU6 Jan 2010
- TVTPCiné+ Family12 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical121 Sept 2011
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1225 Feb 2010
IrelandIE
- Theatrical12A9 Apr 2009
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG-1222 May 2010
KazakhstanKZ
- Theatrical18 Feb 2010
Frequently asked questions
Whip It was released on 9 April 2009.
Audience reviews
4- A7.5/10
Andres Gomez
1/18/2013
Simple, fresh and enjoying girls teenager movie. Perfect for not thinking much and enjoying, without having to suffer all the stereotypes.
- J8/10
John Chard
5/27/2019
Be your own hero! Go Babe Ruthless! Whip It is directed by Drew Barrymore and adapted for the screen by Shauna Cross from her own novel, Derby Girl. Barrymore also co-stars alongside Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern and Landon Pigg. Bliss Cavendar (Page) is a bored teenage girl stuck in a rut in Bodeen, Texas. Her life consists of working at t…
- K8/10
Kamurai
8/7/2020
Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend. I've actually been to some of the Austin locations and seen that roller rink: it's a pretty cool place with a powerful vibe to the room. I've really had enough of pagentry, it just feels very boring, so maybe it was the perfect way to start this movie. It's a very cliche "I don't want your life" beginning, but grounding the establishing act in that foundation …
- W7/10
Wuchak
11/2/2020
_**Coming of age with the roller derby girls**_ Released in 2009, "Whip It" was Drew Barrymore's first and (so far) only full-length film in the director's chair. Drew also co-stars, but her character is decidedly peripheral. The story revolves around 17 year-old Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page), her parents (Daniel Stern & Marcia Gay Harden) and her best friend, Pash (Alia Shawkat). Bliss is involved in the world o…
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