
Saw ‘Whip It’ tonight at The Grove in L.A.
Meh. It was okay.
Ellen Page is a cutie pie, as well as Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development). I’m liking Kristen Wiig (SNL) more and more in her film roles since she doesn’t go overboard with her characters like she does on SNL. Drew Barrymore did well by not pumping up her character’s presence and just left herself with one-liners here and there. I had no idea Juliette Lewis was in the movie but she did well playing a bitchy rival.
The purist in me thought they made the movie a bit too Hollywood by having the derby players do a lot of illegal moves without calling penalties on most of them, but, hey, it’s just a movie.
*edit*
Forgot to mention that Jimmy Fallon was unecessary in the movie. I still don’t understand how he still gets work.
no means no…..or try harder