Movie · Drama · Comedy

Bliss Cavendar (Elliot Page) lives in small-town Texas and yearns to break free of her mother's (Marcia Gay Harden) world of beauty pageants and conformity. She sees her chance when she meets the Hurl Scouts, a roller-derby team; she tries out for the team and wins a slot, lying to her parents about her new hobby. Bliss finds friendship and freedom with her teammates, but a conflict between a championship game and the Bluebonnet beauty pageant threatens to spill her secret.

2010 · 1h 50m
Director Drew Barrymore

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Bliss Cavendar (Elliot Page) lives in small-town Texas and yearns to break free of her mother's (Marcia Gay Harden) world of beauty pageants and conformity. She sees her chance when she meets the Hurl Scouts, a roller-derby team; she tries out for the team and wins a slot, lying to her parents about her new hobby. Bliss finds friendship and freedom with her teammates, but a conflict between a championship game and the Bluebonnet beauty pageant threatens to spill her secret.

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Studio
Lionsgate
Released
2010
Run Time
1 hr 50 min
Rated
K-12 Only for persons 12 years old or older. Younger viewers are only admitted if accompanied by an adult. The content is moderate. Violence and horror are permitted, but they must not be very detailed. Drug use and sexual material are permitted but without very much of details.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2009 Babe Ruthless Productions

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Original Audio
English, English (Australia)
Audio

English

Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH), Dutch (Netherlands) , French (France) , Spanish (Spain)