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The Banger Sisters (2002)
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Reviews Counted:138
Fresh:65
Rotten:73
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Hawn and Sarandon are terrific together, but the hoary plot is predictable and contrived.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... 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]
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Robin Thomas, Eva Amurri, Matthew Carey
Director: Bob Dolman
Director: Bob Dolman
Screenwriter: Bob Dolman
Producer: Mark Johnson, Elizabeth Cantillon
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Reviews for The Banger Sisters
Director Bob Dolman was at least smart enough to cast two actresses capable of finding the note of truth in this story and playing it beautifully.
When the groans outnumber the laughs, you know you're watching a bad comedy.
Hawn and Sarandon manage to pull off the transition back into party girls, if barely. I'm just glad Bea Arthur and Betty White passed on the script.
The movie wavers between Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy, life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial.
...a dirty little comedy about two former rock groupies reconnecting after decades apart.
Dolman ambles toward the obvious ending like an old mare returning to a barn in anticipation of oats, and no feathers get ruffled.
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