Talk about getting bangs for your buck! The Banger Sisters is a wonderfully observed, freshly inventive human drama told as a grown up comedy with some uproarious moments and outstanding performances.
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
US Box Office: $30,194,326
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
Watching movies like this, it's easy to understand actresses' common complaint about the quality of roles for women of a certain age.
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
As performances caricaturais do trio principal comprovam que até mesmo atores talentosos podem ser derrotados por roteiros pavorosos como o desta produção.
Despite its rock 'n' roll trappings, The Banger Sisters is like an After-School Special with better actors and more swearing.
It might have been fun, but [director Bob] Dolman focuses on all the wrong things.
Three Oscar winners and roughly the same amount of decent lines between them.
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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