ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVERRRRRR! ELLEN PAGE, DREW BARRYMORE, AND KRISTEN WIIG ARE ALL REALLY GREAT IN THIS MOVIE. good sountrack, chracters, and i love the derby scenes with all the punching LOL. AMAZINGGGGG!
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Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Roller derby dramedy mixes girl power and teen angst.
Themes in this movie include: family relationships, friendship, growing up, peer pressure
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–15
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What Parents Need to Know
About Whip It
Parents need to know that this coming-of-age sports dramedy -- which stars Juno's Ellen Page and was directed by perennial teen fave Drew Barrymore -- offers empowering messages for girls, especially those with unconventional interests/hobbies. Although the main character lies to her parents and hurts her friends, she faces the consequences of her behavior and learns from her experiences. Expect plenty of aggressive skating and confrontations during the movie's fast-paced roller derby scenes, as well as some strong language, underage drinking, and sexual references (including a scene in which a teen couple kisses and gets mostly undressed underwater).
Read our full review by S. Jhoanna Robledo
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how the movie portrays underage sex and drinking. Does it seem realistic to you? Are the consequences believable?
- Why do you think Bliss feels the need to lie to her family about what she's doing? Is that a realistic take on parent-teen relationships?
- Why is it that in many movies, it's the unconventional teen who pushes the limit?
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- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
AMAZING MOVIE!
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Fun! But, of course, some objectionable content.
I really enjoyed Whip It. I wish fun movies like this didn't have to have all the cussing (and this one has some) and the seemingly obligatory premarital teenage sex scene (at least this one isn't real explicit), but this movie sadly does have both, so be aware. That said, I did enjoy the story and the roller derby stuff. I used to live in Austin and almost got into the whole roller derby scene, but I didn't. This movie kind of makes me wish I had! Looks like a blast!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Great for ages 10 and up, a few iffy things, but overall great!
As long as you have good communication with your child and feel comfortable talking about a few questionable things that happen in the movie, it is great. Encouraging, fun, unique characters...
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
OK for older teens innapropriate for younger teens.
Other than the high school girls lying, sneaking off to party all night with a guy from a band, drinking to the pointof puking, breaking into a building, and sex it was a great movie for young teens.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Good for anybody over 10
Love it
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Great, funny, entertaining movie for the family with older kids.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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i loved this movie!! it was really good!!
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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i loved this movie!! it was really good!!
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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loved it
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Amazing!! totally age appropriate.
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
i saw this for my 10nth bday on october 4 it was funny but a lot of iffy content
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Not the greatest flick, and not good for tweens or younger.
The acting was lame from everyone except the main girl and her best friend. The action was very choreographed and staged. A 17 yr old girls shouldn't be shown making out in a pool with an older guy nor should she be drinking alcohol. Not a positive example.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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I personally loved this movie. I did think it was innipropriate at some parts. The movie, though there was some teen drinking and sexual images, all showed Bliss's bad choices and she did regret them. They were saying to not do those things. Whip it also had some good mesages about children respecting their parents wishes and vice versa.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
So Good It's Worth Navigating the Tricky Parts
Funny and positive messages -- Ellen Page character is quirky but works through her issues with her parents. A wonderful movie. I plan to take my 11 year old daughter, now that I saw it with another adult.
- I rate this title on for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
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- Good role models
Fun action & good message for older girls. Otherwise, nothing special.
I myself was amused, but not overly-engaged by this one. The derby stuff is neat, but the story is pretty rote. This would be appropriate for older teens, and does have an underlying positive message for girls regarding being true to yourself.
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
too cool for skats j.k.
i like it, it sounds good from the trailer and lots of people tell me its good but i'll let you know if its any good.... hallah
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
GACK
Not A Good Movie
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| 57% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 43% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 43% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 43% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 29% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
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