'Whip It'? Skip it.
Drew Barrymore went on "Today" yesterday to plug her made-in-Michigan movie, "Whip It." She's on the cover of In Style magazine.
She's doing everything she's supposed to do to promote the film, which marks her debut as a director, and she's saying nice things about our fair state, which is appreciated.
The movie, alas, appears to be a mess.
Our movie critic, Tom Long, gave it a C-. And here's a bit of inside scoop: Having listened to Tom and our other in-house movie guru, Adam Graham, discuss "Whip It," I'm surprised the grade turned out as high as it did.
If you want to see it, please don't let me deter you. Heck, the Philadelphia Inquirer gave it three stars. Tom says the performances are just fine, and it's always fun to catch local landmarks on the big screen. But based on two voices I trust, the roller derby movie would seem to be skating by on the classic "gentleman's C" -- or in this case, gentlewoman's.
