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Certificate 12A

Cast Ellen Page Drew Barrymore Kristen Wiig Marcia Gay Harden Juliette Lewis

Directors Drew Barrymore

Screenwriters Shauna Cross

Running Time 111 minutes

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Plot
Bliss (Page), a teenager who pleases her mother (Gay Harden) by competing in beauty pageants, takes up roller derbying under the name Babe Ruthless. Thanks to her skating skills, the Hurl Scouts — perennial last-placers — turn around and rise up the league. However, eventually her mother finds out about her new passion.

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