Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) is a teenager who has been in and out of pageants courtesy of her stage mother who wanted her daughter to follow through her footsteps as a teenage beauty queen. She works part time after school at a cafe with a pig mascot and has a best friend who comforts her through every pageant ordeal.
Things changed and got more exciting when she got hold of an invitation flyer to watch a roller derby at the next town. She was in awe. The people who played in this league are all women. They have matching uniforms, cute roller skates and stage names like in WWF. She also met a gorgeous guy whom she bumped into outside the arena.
Everything seemed to go her way. She tried out for the Girl Scouts Team and got in. Their coach says Bliss, or rather Babe Ruthless, is the fastest skater to date. Their team won almost every game they entered until they stepped up to play for the championship. Apart from that, she also got and dated the guy she liked, whom she bumped into the first night she came to watch a game.
This is where the conflict developed. She has a pageant that her mother arranged for her to join, and it has the same schedule as her game. Her parents found out about the sport she is playing because her best friend got arrested for drinking alcohol during one of the Girl Scouts' playoffs. Her best friend won't speak to her since it was Bliss' fault that she got arrested. One of Bliss' game rivals found out that she was only seventeen, since their league only accepts women of legal age. Worse, her boyfriend and his band got signed up for a tour and she found out from the band's website about a girl hanging with him and wearing Bliss' favorite shirt.
All went well when Bliss' father realized that his daughter really loves to do roller derby rather than join the pageant. He arranged for Bliss' teammates to fetch her at the pageant night so that she can join the game. They still lost to the 3-time champion, but everyone was still happy they got that far.
She didn't expect that her family would show up to watch them play, especially her mother. She hoped her mother can accept that this sport is what she loves to do. Her boyfriend? He showed up but she slapped him in the face. That was good.
In this story we learn the importance of being an individual. We have our parents who guide us through growing up. At times they influence us on what decisions to make. They will always be there; for that we are grateful. But that doesn't mean they can control us with what things we are supposed to like or what way of life we should follow according to their wishes. You have to think for yourself; make the decisions that would suit you best.
Be yourself. Be what you want to be. Choose a path you want to take. There may be mistakes along the way, but that's how we learn. No regrets.
It's always nice to watch these types of movies that has a little spunk woven into it, but it still teaches us a lesson that would inspire us to do what we want to in life.
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