The expectations you have for an upcoming film can sometimes have a serious impact in your final thoughts. For example, if there’s a film that is getting crazy hype but doesn’t live up to that hype, I can often walk away with a sour taste even if I would have enjoyed the film in a vacuum. It’s for this reason that I try to avoid hype as much as possible (which can arguably be a daunting task for my job).
However, sometimes this expectation sword can cut both ways. In this sense, my expectations for “Whip It” helped the film out quite a bit.
The movie is a coming of age story about Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page), whose mother is a conservative Texan who enrolls her into numerous beauty pageants in order to secure her place in society and grant her a reliable future. Bliss, however, rejects the status quo and is searching for something more. Bliss finds that “more” when she heads up to Austin and discovers Texas Roller Derby. Quickly fascinated with the sport, she lies about her age, tries out for the team and becomes the new star for the TXRD squad known as the Hurl Scouts.
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