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Singing drunken lullabies
Be Your Own Hero
A film by Drew Barrymore
Synopsis: A young girl forced into beauty pageants by her domineering mother finds an unexpected passion in roller-derby, and comes of age and learns to be her own person in the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore.
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wig.
Director of photography: Robert Yeoman, ASC
Editing by Dylan Tichenor, ACE
Produced by Drew Barrymore, Barry Mendel
Screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her novel
Directed by Drew Barrymore
I have to say, though cliche-filled, I rather enjoyed this. Page might be my new crush. She's hugely engaging, and despite the rather pat storyline and "girl power" premise, I enjoyed the movie's fizzy energy and winning performances Pretty fun, I'd say.
EDIT: I forgot to click on the check mark in the "add a poll" box. My apologies.
Last edited by Hanshotfirst113; 12-13-2009 at 02:38 PM.
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