Drew Barrymore's Whip It plays just a bit long for my taste. On top of that, so much of the movie just doesn't look anything like Austin (since it was shot in Michigan), which makes the constant references to Austin fall flat and inauthentic. It's like when Toronto doubles for New York. Bottles of Shiner Bock and trying too hard to shoehorn in Austin references doesn't help (though a cameo by the Alamo Ritz does).
Thankfully, Andrew Wilson, Kristen Wiig, and Zoe Bell keep things interesting whenever they pop up. That isn't to say the rest of the cast (including the dynamic duo of Ellen Page and Alia Shawkat) aren't all terrific, but those three are really what kept me from putting Whip It in the "watch later" pile.
The only extras on the Blu-ray are a three-minute chat with the author of the book and some deleted scenes that include an alternate opening and a bit with Andrew Wilson jumping a row of kids on rollerblades. They should have kept that in the final cut.