Directed by:
Drew BarrymoreScreenplay:
Shauna CrossCinematography:
Robert D. YeomanComposer:
The Section QuartetCast:
Elliot Page, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Zoë Bell, Ari Graynor, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Jimmy Fallon, Andrew Wilson (more)VOD (4)
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For years, Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) has been dreaming of escaping her tiny, truck-stop of a town Bodeen, Texas. Unfortunately her devoted, beauty pageant obsessed mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is convinced that Bliss can only succeed in life if she wins the crown at the local Miss Blue Bonnet Pageant, but the awkward outsider knows there’s something bigger and better out there. When Bliss sneaks off to the big city of Austin with her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat) she discovers a world unlike anything she could ever imagine: roller derby, with its girl-power-meets-punk-rock spirit and its liberating celebration of wild individuality.
Inspired by the likes of Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig), Bliss secretly tries out for a spot on the Hurl Scouts, a rag-tag team of scrappy underdogs. Soon she’s trading in her gowns and crowns for skirts, skates and scrapes becoming her alter ego, Babe Ruthless. Leading a precarious double life, Bliss may be a waitress at Bodeen’s Oink Joint by day, but by night, she’s becoming the fastest thing on eight wheels. Now she’s doing things she never dreamed of -- fearlessly facing off with bad-ass rivals like Iron Maven (Juliette Lewis) and falling for a boy in a band (singer/songwriter Landon Pigg) -- while trying to be a heroine to her new friends and teammates. But when her secret gets out, Bliss will face her toughest fight yet: to take control of the future... on her own terms. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Elliot Page
Canada
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
An American Crime (2007)
Kristen Wiig
USA
Best movies:
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Martian (2015)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Drew Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
Donnie Darko (2001)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story (2005) (video compilation)
Juliette Lewis
USA
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Zoë Bell
New Zealand
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Ari Graynor
USA
Best movies:
An American Crime (2007)
Mystic River (2003)
Conviction (2010)
Alia Shawkat
USA
Best movies:
I Lost My Body (2019)
First Cow (2019)
Amreeka (2009)
Marcia Gay Harden
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Detachment (2011)
Mystic River (2003)
Daniel Stern
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Next Three Days (2010)
Jimmy Fallon
USA
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
Almost Famous (2000)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Andrew Wilson
USA
Best movies:
Rushmore (1998)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Whip It (2009)
Tuesday Knight
USA
Best movies:
Brother (2000)
Whip It (2009)
Telling Lies in America (1997)
Eve
USA
Best movies:
The Woodsman (2004)
Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)
Whip It (2009)
Eulala Scheel
Best movies:
Whip It (2009)
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005) (TV movie)
Landon Pigg
USA
Best movies:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Whip It (2009)
Danny Mooney
USA
Best movies:
The Ides of March (2011)
Whip It (2009)
Jimmy P. (2013)
Sarah Habel
USA
Best movies:
Whip It (2009)
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
Hostel: Part III (2011)
John Lepard
Best movies:
Conviction (2010)
Whip It (2009)
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992) (TV movie)
Johnny Gel
Best movies:
Whip It (2009)
Patrick Moug
Best movies:
Whip It (2009)
Chasing Sleep (2000)
Answer This! (2011)