Whip It

IMDB: Whip It

Source: Netflix

Date viewed: August 20, 2010

This movie seemed an awful lot like a bunch of ideas for scenes in a movie like this that were all filmed separately and then put together. You've got the hero in difficulty, the party scenes, the action scenes, the redemption... it all just seemed so rote. I love you Drew, but you should probably stick to acting rather than directing. If you want to discuss it, though, you know how reach me. - T

Implausible, gimmicky, and, as my esteemed colleague has pointed out, hackneyed. Maybe someone should have advised the director to slow things down a bit. - A