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The Banger Sisters (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 136 Fresh: 64  Rotten:72 Average Rating: 5.3/10
 
Consensus: Hawn and Sarandon are terrific together, but the hoary plot is predictable and contrived.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Synopsis: Suzette (Goldie Hawn) and Vinnie (Susan Sarandon) were groupies in their heyday, partying with the likes of Frank Zappa (who dubs them the Banger Sisters), Jim Morrison, and virtually every other rock star and roadie that passed through Los Angeles. Twenty years later, Suzette is a... Suzette (Goldie Hawn) and Vinnie (Susan Sarandon) were groupies in their heyday, partying with the likes of Frank Zappa (who dubs them the Banger Sisters), Jim Morrison, and virtually every other rock star and roadie that passed through Los Angeles. Twenty years later, Suzette is a bartender who finds herself too old to stay in the Los Angeles rock scene. Distraught, she heads to Phoenix in search of her former best friend, picking up neurotic and quirky Harry (Geoffrey Rush) at a gas station along the way. But when Suzette arrives in Phoenix, she is surprised to find that her once wild friend may as well be a different person. Married to a lawyer with political aspirations and the mother of two teenage daughters, Vinnie is now LaVinia, a refined, cultured pillar of the community. With Suzette back in town, LaVinia is confronted with her past and finds that she must make peace with it to fully embrace her true self. Hawn and Sarandon are well cast, and Rush is a scene-stealer as a wounded man who finds new inspiration in Suzette. Writer Bob Dolman makes his directorial debut with THE BANGER SISTERS. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Robin Thomas

Director: Bob Dolman
Screenwriter: Bob Dolman
Producer: Mark Johnson, Elizabeth Cantillon
Composer: Trevor Rabin

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 4, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround Sound - French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Bob Dolman - Director
  • Disc 1/Side A: THE BANGER SISTERS - Widescreen Version
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - HBO Special
  • Disc 1/Side B: THE BANGER SISTERS - Full Frame Version
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Outtakes - Blooper Reel
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailers

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Matthew Turner
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11/07/02
Rich Cline
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The Banger Sisters is not a terrible film but ultimately a missed opportunity, an opportunity to show the outcomes of those deluded Band-Aids from Almost Famous, or even as a demonstration of the inevitable paths of people whose experiences peaked when th

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Todd Gilchrist
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Tony Medley
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As performances caricaturais do trio principal comprovam que até mesmo atores talentosos podem ser derrotados por roteiros pavorosos como o desta produção.

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Pablo Villaca
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Despite its rock 'n' roll trappings, The Banger Sisters is like an After-School Special with better actors and more swearing.

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09/06/03
Josh Bell
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The performances are easy to love while the story is not.

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08/25/03
Wesley Lovell
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03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
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It might have been fun, but [director Bob] Dolman focuses on all the wrong things.

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02/21/03
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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Three Oscar winners and roughly the same amount of decent lines between them.

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02/12/03
Harry Guerin
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Hawn never stops surprising me at how truly talented she is...she's just a good actor, with an uncanny ability to own the words her character speaks.

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