Ma'am, put down the lip gloss and step away from the mirror.

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2018)

Drew Barrymore made her directorial debut in this funny, realistic tale about a girl named Bliss Cavendar from suburban Austin, Texas who became a roller derby girl on a team. Her mother, Brooke (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden) wants her daughter to become a pageant winner. Ellen Page played Bliss very well. The supporting cast is first rate with Jimmy Fallon; Drew Barrymore; Academy Award nominees Kristen Wiig as a single mother and Juliette Lewis; Daniel Stern as Bliss' father and other familiar faces. Drew takes a story about a girl who rebelled against the norms and parental expectations. Drew did a terrific job in directing and acting. The film is first rate, funny and memorable. You would never know it was Drew's film debut and a worthy one as that.