Whip It

In the small town of Bodeen, Texas, Bliss Cavendar is a 17-year-old girl who feels suffocated by her mother's obsession with beauty pageants. One day, while shopping in Austin, Bliss discovers roller derby and decides to join a team. She lies about her age and tries out for the Hurl Scouts, where she becomes friends with her teammates and learns to stand up for herself. As the team rises in popularity and heads towards a championship match against their rivals, the Holy Rollers, Bliss's involvement in roller derby threatens to be exposed when her parents discover that she's been participating in the sport. With pressure from Iron Maven from the Holy Rollers and tensions between her friends Pash and Oliver growing stronger by every passing day; everything leads up to an intense showdown on roller skates - will Bliss find success without losing herself? Watch "Whip It" now!

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Whip It was released in theaters on October 2, 2009.