Lots of Fun

Rating: 5/10 (22 January 2011)

I didn't know anything about roller derby until I saw this film, and really enjoyed learning about it. The actors are terrific, especially Juliette Lewis.
The plot is pretty standard, though. Teenage girl feels an itch to get out from under her parents' expectations (although her father seems supportive and has a good sense of humour, her mother is a little more difficult to deal with. But also sympathetic, and well-portrayed). So the girl joins a daring, forbidden group, and grows in confidence, finding out a lot about herself. A coming-of-age sort of tale.
Cinematically speaking, I could nit-pick, but that would be setting too high a standard for what is essentially a fun film about sports. The world can always use more uplifting films about young girls...