Given the high abundance of adolescent pseudo-intellectual gobbledegook that seeps from the jaws of Ellen Page’s Juno in the Oscar-winning movie of the same name, it’s hard to view her with anything but sheer barbaric contempt.
While she hardly shows much range beyond indie-grunge smarty-pants, at least in Whip It she appears likeable. Well, likeable in as much as we didn’t want to choke her on her obvious collection of Dawson’s Creek spin-off novellas.
Whip It, while still neck high in offbeat comedy and teen ideals, proves to beat Juno at its heart, making for a more relatable coming-of-age story. Oh, and features more girl power than one Geri Halliwell’s padded bras from the ‘90s.
Here’s one (not) made earlier.
