2009 film by Drew Barrymore
Whip It is a 2009 American sports comedy drama film co-produced and directed by Drew Barrymore from a screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her 2007 novel Derby Girl. It stars Elliot Page as a teenage girl from the fictional town of Bodeen, Texas, who joins a roller derby team. The film also stars Marcia Gay Harden, Alia Shawkat, Kristen Wiig, Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, and Daniel Stern.
Whip It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 and was theatrically released in the United States on October 2, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box office disappointment, grossing $16.6 million worldwide against its $15 million budget. Whip It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 26, 2010 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.