In a town near Austin, Bliss Cavendar’s strong-willed mom believes Bliss, at 17, can win pageants – the key to a happy life. Bliss isn’t the beauty pageant type: she’s shy, quiet, and has just one friend, Pash, her fellow waitress at a diner. Things change for Bliss when she discovers a women’s roller derby league in Austin, tries out, proves to be whip fast, and makes a team. Now she needs to become someone tough on the rink, keep her parents from finding out where she goes twice a week, and do something about a first crush, on a musician she meets at the derby. Meanwhile, mom still sees Bliss as Miss Bluebonnet. Things are on a collision course; will everyone get banged up?
Release Date: 2 October 2009Runtime: 111 min
Stars:
- Alia Shawkat
- Barbara Coven
- Carlo Alban
- Daniel Stern
- Douglas Minckiewicz
- Edward Austin Kelly
- Ellen Page
- Eulala Scheel
- Jimmy Fallon
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Mark Boyd
- Mary Callaghan Lynch
- Nina Kircher
- Sarah Habel
- Shannon Eagen
Director: Drew Barrymore
