When a Problem Comes Along.

Forget the bruises, broken bones, and need for better-than-average health insurance (if such a thing even exists right now) that accompany the sport of roller derby. If you were a parent, would you really want your child indulging in any subculture that had at its center someone as douchey as Jimmy Fallon? Such is the crux of contention between lonely teen Ellen Page and mama-bear Marcia Gay Harden in Drew Barrymore's breezy, forgettable Whip It . Now, I know that -- as with Jennifer's Body -- I'm really not the target audience for sort of pic: I'm 15-20 years too old and likely the wrong sex. Still, if I had to recommend a recent extreme-sports, coming-of-age, grrl power flick, I'd probably direct people toward Blue Crush . Good-natured but also somewhat cloying, Whip It rolls 'round the rink well enough, I guess. But it... [read full story]                    

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