Editing Drew Barrymore (section)

=== 2009–2019: Directorial debut and television roles === 
Barrymore starred in the ensemble romantic comedy ''[[He's Just Not That Into You (film)|He's Just Not That Into You]]'', which received mixed reviews, partly due to her limited time on screen,<ref>{{cite web |author=Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-He-s-Just-Not-That-Into-You-3173080.php |title=Movie review: 'He's Just Not That Into You' |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2009-02-06 |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219235020/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-He-s-Just-Not-That-Into-You-3173080.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |date=5 February 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/movies/06into.html |title=Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Connelly as Women Stuck in the Dating Game |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202065614/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/movies/06into.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=John Anderson |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/he-s-just-not-that-into-you-1200473919/ |title=He's Just Not That Into You |magazine=Variety |date=2009-02-01 |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061033/https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/he-s-just-not-that-into-you-1200473919/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while it grossed US$178 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hesjustnotthatintoyou.htm |title=He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510031724/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hesjustnotthatintoyou.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She played [[Edith Bouvier Beale]], the daughter of [[Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale]] ([[Jessica Lange]]) in the [[HBO]] film ''[[Grey Gardens (2009 film)|Grey Gardens]]'', which is based on the 1975 documentary film. The television film was a huge success, winning five [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and two [[Golden Globe Awards]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer [[Peter Travers]] found Barrymore to be a "revelation" in her role.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/grey-gardens-20090416 |title=Grey Gardens |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070528/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/grey-gardens-20090416 }}</ref> Barrymore was nominated for the [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] and won the Golden Globe Award for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild]] for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.

Barrymore starred in her [[directorial debut]] film ''[[Whip It (film)|Whip It]]''. It follows a high-schooler ([[Elliot Page]]) ditching the teen beauty pageant scene and participating in an [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] [[roller derby]] league.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vess|first=Laura|title=Roller Girl Fantasies in Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It'|url=http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23275|publisher=SheWired.com|date=July 17, 2009|access-date=July 17, 2009|archive-date=July 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719164722/http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23275|url-status=live}}</ref> Barrymore worked with screenwriter [[Shauna Cross]] for months on script revisions, with Barrymore pushing her to "avoid her story's tidier prospects, to make things 'more raw and open ended.'"<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/movies/27alme.html| title= Stepping Into the Skates of the Director| date= September 23, 2009| first= Michael| last= Almereyda| work= [[The New York Times]]| access-date= 2011-06-30| archive-date= June 26, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180626114536/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/movies/27alme.html| url-status= live}}</ref> While the film found limited box office receipts, it was favorably received;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/whip-it |title=Whip It Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602072417/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/whip-it |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/10/whip-it-didnt-need-to-get-whipped-at-box-office.html |title='Whip It' didn't need to get whipped at box office &#124; Company Town |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2009-10-26 |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902002829/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/10/whip-it-didnt-need-to-get-whipped-at-box-office.html |url-status=live }}</ref> according to review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], critics agreed that her "directorial debut has enough charm, energy, and good-natured humor to transcend its many cliches".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whip_it|title=Whip It (2009)|date=October 2, 2009 |via=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=May 31, 2018|archive-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818005757/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whip_it/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date= September 30, 2009 | url= http://miamiherald.typepad.com/reeling/2009/09/review-whip-it.html | title= Review: ''Whip It'' | first= Rene | last= Rodriguez | work= [[Miami Herald]] | access-date= June 30, 2011 | archive-date= September 18, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100918073756/http://miamiherald.typepad.com/reeling/2009/09/review-whip-it.html | url-status= live }}</ref> For her venture, Barrymore garnered nominations for a Bronze Horse at the [[Stockholm Film Festival]] and for the EDA Female Focus Award at the 2009 [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]]. In ''[[Everybody's Fine (2009 film)|Everybody's Fine]]'', Barrymore played the daughter of a recently widowed retiree ([[Robert De Niro]]).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlxdDQAAQBAJ&q=everybody%27s+fine+drew+barrymore+interview&pg=PT30|title=Fabulous Facts: An Engaging Q & A Celebrating The Extraordinary, Quirky, Queer Community|first=S.G.|last=Ash|publisher=BookBaby|year=2012|isbn=978-1-62309-892-6|access-date=2017-01-31}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The drama flopped at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=everybodysfine09.htm|title=''Everybody's Fine'' (2009)|website=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041920/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=everybodysfine09.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> but Stephen Holden for ''[[The New York Times]]'' considered Barrymore "as ingenuous as ever" in what he described as a "small role."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2629&p=.htm |title=Weekend Report: 'Blind Side' Tackles Post-Thanksgiving Blahs |website=Box Office Mojo |date=2009-12-07 |access-date=2017-01-31 |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203005047/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2629&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/movies/04everybody.html|title=De Niro Packs His Suitcase, Heading to Geezer Territory|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2009-12-03|access-date=2017-01-31|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070524/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/movies/04everybody.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Barrymore starred with [[Justin Long]] in [[Nanette Burstein]]'s film ''[[Going the Distance (2010 film)|Going the Distance]]''. It follows a couple dealing the ups and downs of a [[long-distance relationship]], while commuting between New York City and San Francisco. It garnered generally mixed reviews by critics,<ref>{{cite web|first=Nell|last=Minow|url=http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/09/interview-nanette-burstein-of.html|title=Interview: Nanette Burstein of 'Going the Distance'|publisher=Beliefnet.com|date=September 10, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717070646/http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/09/interview-nanette-burstein-of.html|archive-date=July 17, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> who summed it as "timelier and a little more honest than most romantic comedies",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012042-going_the_distance/|title=Going the Distance: Movie Reviews, Pictures|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=September 3, 2010 |publisher=[[Flixster]]|access-date=September 4, 2010|archive-date=September 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904034315/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012042-going_the_distance/|url-status=live}}</ref> and budgeted at US$32 million,<ref name="budget">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/09/movie-projector-machete-going-the-distance-and-the-american-go-head-to-head-to-head.html|title=Movie projector: 'Machete,' 'Going the Distance' and 'The American' go head-to-head-to-head|last=Fritz|first=Ben|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 2, 2010|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903231419/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/09/movie-projector-machete-going-the-distance-and-the-american-go-head-to-head-to-head.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the film made US$40 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/people/DBARR.php|title=''Going the Distance'' (2010)|publisher=The-Numbers.com|access-date=September 23, 2011|archive-date=October 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030090153/http://www.the-numbers.com/people/DBARR.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 2, 2011, Barrymore directed the music video for the song "Our Deal," for the band [[Best Coast]], which features [[Chloë Grace Moretz]], [[Miranda Cosgrove]], [[Tyler Posey]], [[Donald Glover]], [[Shailene Woodley]] and [[Alia Shawkat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668301/best-coast-our-deal-supervideo.jhtml|title=Best Coast's 'Our Deal' Supervideo: Best Side Story&nbsp;– Music, Celebrity, Artist News|publisher=MTV|date=August 2, 2011|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-date=June 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625042039/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668301/best-coast-our-deal-supervideo.jhtml}}</ref> Barrymore starred in the biopic film ''[[Big Miracle]]'', which covers [[Operation Breakthrough]], the 1988 international effort to rescue [[gray whale]]s from being trapped in ice near [[Point Barrow, Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/big_miracle_trailer.html|title=''Big Miracle'' Trailer: Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski Save the Whales|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=September 22, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2011|archive-date=September 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924024053/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/big_miracle_trailer.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her character, Rachel Kramer, is based on [[Greenpeace]] activist Cindy Lowry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/big-miracle-the-whale-rescue-which-inspired-680025|title=Big Miracle: The real-life whale rescue which inspired new Hollywood blockbuster|date=10 February 2012|publisher=The Mirror (UK)|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612113233/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/big-miracle-the-whale-rescue-which-inspired-680025|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite a positive critical reception,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big Miracle {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/big_miracle |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref> the film flopped at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |title=The Biggest Box Office Flops Of 2012 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2012/11/14/2012s-biggest-movie-turkeys/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Miss You Already 13 (20766405643).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Toni Collette]] and Barrymore at the premiere for ''Miss You Already'' at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]In ''[[Blended (film)|Blended]]'', Barrymore played a recently divorced woman ending up on a family resort with a widower (Sandler). Film critic [[James Berardinelli]] dismissed the "hit-and-miss humor" of the story and wrote that "as [Sandler and Barrymore] are concerned, the third time is definitely not the charm",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/blended|title=Blended|publisher=reelviews.net|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114609/http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/blended|url-status=live}}</ref> as part of an overall lukewarm critical response.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blended/critic-reviews|title=Blended|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127153956/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blended/critic-reviews|url-status=live}}</ref> The film ultimately grossed US$128 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blended.htm|title=Blended (2014)|website=Box Office Mojo|date=2014-08-28|access-date=2017-01-31|archive-date=March 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303131604/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blended.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> She and [[Toni Collette]] starred in ''[[Miss You Already]]'' (2015), as two long-time friends whose relationship is put to the test when one starts a family and the other becomes ill. Reviewers embraced the film, while it received a limited theatrical release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/miss_you_already/|title=Miss You Already|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=November 6, 2015 |access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114234003/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/miss_you_already/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=missyoualready.htm|title=Miss You Already (2015)|website=Box Office Mojo|date=2015-11-22|access-date=2017-01-31|archive-date=November 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055011/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=missyoualready.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[Netflix]] original television series ''[[Santa Clarita Diet]]'', Barrymore played a real estate agent who, after experiencing a physical transformation into a [[zombie]], starts craving human flesh. Along with co-star [[Timothy Olyphant]], Barrymore served as an executive producer on the [[single-camera]] series,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/santa-clarita-diet-drew-barrymore-timothy-olyphant-netflix-comedy-series-1201734047/|title=Drew Barrymore & Timothy Olyphant to Star in Netflix Comedy Series 'Santa Clarita Diet'|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|date=March 18, 2016|access-date=December 12, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623165812/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/santa-clarita-diet-drew-barrymore-timothy-olyphant-netflix-comedy-series-1201734047/|url-status=live}}</ref> which was favorably received upon its premiere;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/drew-barrymore-timothy-olyphant-star-santa-clarita-diet-netflix-series-1201722867/|title=Drew Barrymore & Timothy Olyphant To Star In 'Santa Clarita Diet' Netflix Series|author=Nellie Andreeva|date=March 18, 2016|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111145354/https://deadline.com/2016/03/drew-barrymore-timothy-olyphant-star-santa-clarita-diet-netflix-series-1201722867/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/santa-clarita-diet-season-2-explained-season-3-preview-1099982|title='Santa Clarita Diet' Boss on the Wacky Cause of the Virus and a (Likely) Season 3|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 5, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-date=May 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530035423/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/santa-clarita-diet-season-2-explained-season-3-preview-1099982|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/santa-clarita-diet-renewed-season-3-at-netflix-1109380|title='Santa Clarita Diet' Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 8, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524192229/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/santa-clarita-diet-renewed-season-3-at-netflix-1109380|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' felt that "much of [the series' laughs] comes down to the uncrushable Drew Barrymore charm" and furthermore remarked: "The show is a welcome comeback for Barrymore, the eternally beloved grunge-era wild thing—it's not just her big move into TV, but her first high-profile performance anywhere in years. In a way, it circles back to the roles she was doing in the early [90s], playing deadly vixens in flicks like ''Guncrazy'' or ''Doppelganger''".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/why-santa-clarita-diet-is-the-drew-barrymore-comeback-weve-been-waiting-for-116881/|title='Santa Clarita Diet': The Drew Barrymore Comeback We've Been Waiting For|first1=Rob|last1=Sheffield|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 3, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011947/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/why-santa-clarita-diet-is-the-drew-barrymore-comeback-weve-been-waiting-for-116881/|url-status=live}}</ref>