In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Direction
Barrymore's debut has zero chill in the best way
Acting
Page's eyebrow game carries entire emotional arcs
Practical Effects
Real derby hits, real bruises, no stunt doubles whining
Director
Drew Barrymore
Elliot Page
Bliss Cavendar
Alia Shawkat
Pash
Marcia Gay Harden
Brooke Cavendar
Kristen Wiig
Maggie Mayhem
Drew Barrymore
Smashley Simpson
Landon Pigg
Oliver
Juliette Lewis
Iron Maven
Zoë Bell
Bloody Holly
Daniel Stern
Earl Cavendar
Eve
Rosa Sparks
Andrew Wilson
Razor
Sarah Habel
Corbi
Shannon Eagen
Amber
Jimmy Fallon
"Hot Tub" Johnny Rocket
Ari Graynor
Eva Destruction
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Drew Barrymore cast real roller derby athletes including TXRD's Iron Maiven and Bloody Mary, not actors learning to skate.
This film arrived at peak 2009 'quirky indie girl' cinema but actually holds up as a sincere document of third-wave feminist DIY culture.
US
