It's the most showy vehicle [Hawn has] had in ages, and she puts the pedal to the floor.
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09/19/02
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: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen
Director: Bob Dolman
Reviews for The Banger Sisters
The stars are so good that the idiotic arbitrariness of the script doesn’t leap off the screen the way it should.
09/19/02
However ironic it is in a film about women changing, it’s the male lead, played by Geoffery Rush, who goes through the most metamorphosis.
09/19/02
It glistens and even sparkles, courtesy of a top-tier cast headed by Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon.
09/19/02
It's entirely due to Sarandon and Hawn that this is such a good-natured, likable movie.
09/19/02
Hawn, giving her best performance in a long, long time, and Sarandon, who is almost incapable of bad acting, are funny and believable.
09/19/02
An exhilarating estrogen flick for those losing theirs and contact Viagra for everyone else.
09/19/02
Too bad writer/ director Bob Dolman can't think of anything better to do with the premise than turning it into Grumpy Old Sluts.
09/19/02
The actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness.
09/19/02
A drama filmed like a comedy with the wrong actresses in the wrong roles.
09/19/02
Sarandon’s motherly sexiness is appealing, but it’s Hawn, in a warm and deep performance as the hapless but free-spirited Suzette, who walks away with the movie.
09/19/02
What could and should have been a deep-felt rumination on aging ... is never more thoughtful than half-hour television.
09/19/02
A likable, cheerfully off-color comedy.
09/19/02
The combination of Sarandon and Hawn, playing women who are honestly and obviously middle-aged and willing to ponder their pasts with clear eyes, keeps The Banger Sisters afloat.
09/19/02
A lot of fun, with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers.
09/19/02
The movie wavers between Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy, life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial.
09/19/02
Dolman's directorial debut betrays his stars.
09/19/02
You just have to wonder if a female writer or director could have had more vision in shaping this fertile material into something worthwhile.
09/19/02
All leather pants & augmented boobs, Hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative, handbag-clutching Sarandon.
09/18/02
[Plays] in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy.
09/17/02
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June 03, 2005:
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Filmmaker Bob Dolman ("The Banger Sisters") will bring Thomas Rockwell's popular book "How to Eat Fried Worms" to the big screen for Walden Media and New... More...
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