Whip It: A Rollicking Good Time Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, roller derby comedy Whip It, is not unlike the actress's persona: cute, fun, and with a whole lot going on. In the film, Ellen Page stars as quiet 17-year-old Bliss Cavender, whose mother (Marcia Gay Harden) wants to make her the queen of small-town Texas beauty pageants. Check out what I did and didn't like about the movie.