Punk aesthetic meets Texas proper in “Whip It,” the rollicking directorial debut from Drew Barrymore based on the novel by Shauna Cross. It’s a mash-up of sports film and coming-of-age tale that comes off rather pleasantly thanks to a capable turn behind the camera by Barrymore and some “gee, schucks” charm from Ellen Page.

Page stars as Bliss Cavendar, a homely teen whose unusual name belies her bland small-town existence. She lives in fictional Bodeen, Texas with her beauty pageant-loving mom (Marcia Gay Harden, “Into the Wild,” the perfect choice to play an over-coiffed, heavily made-up Texas mom) and football-watching dad (Daniel Stern, “A Previous Engagement”).

Nearby Austin provides a kind of Oasis for Bliss from the monotony of her life, even if she doesn’t exactly fit the image of its hipster inhabitants. On a shopping trip to the big city, she finds out about a roller derby league, and is soon going behind her parents’ backs to play with the help of best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat, “Arrested Development”).

Barrymore’s directorial abilities get a chance to shine in the excitingly shot roller derby sequences. The sport, which features two teams of five roller skating on a circular track and points scored by lapping opposing players, is fast-moving and physical, and a natural fit to be photographed on film.

Bliss finds her niche among her teammates, who include Barrymore, singer Eve and the wonderful Kristen Wiig (“Adventureland”) in probably her most substantial film role to date. Juliette Lewis (“Catch and Release”) appears to be having a blast as the star of a rival team.

“Whip It” has some characters that don’t work — a questionable musician boyfriend played by actual musician Landon Pigg and the painfully unfunny Jimmy Fallon as a lecherous roller derby announcer — and it tends to lean pretty heavy on established sports genre formula, but it’s a winning effort overall.

The film captures the dichotomy between hip Austin and any small town in Texas rather well, and this fundamental difference between Bliss and her parents comes across quite authentically.

With characters with roller derby nicknames like Babe Ruthless and Maggie Mayhem leading the way, the film mostly overcomes its generic qualities and scores a win in the hipster column.