The Banger Sisters (Widescreen)

I like Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn and think they are all very good actors so when my sister rented The Banger sisters I watched it with her and we were both disappointed. This could have been a good movie but the plot was a little thin, they seemed to be trying to make some kind of point but never seemed to make it and the ending was ridiculous! The belivability factor just wasn't there and good acting can't always save a mediocre plot! I think Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn all have been in much better movies!

Wow.... What can I say??? I have six young sons, and nothing gives me greater pleasure than to get cozy on my huge sofa with my popcorn and coca-cola, after everybody's is tucked in for the night, and enjoy some quiet time with a great dvd. Sadly, this movie was a bitter disappointment. I think Susan Sarandon is a wonderful actress, and Goldie Hawn has had her moments (Overboard). Without going into the details of the film, I will try to concentrate my review on the elements of the film. When I excitedly hit the play button, which I was sure would open the door to a whole new soon-to-be favorite film, I was smiling and kept smiling hoping that each line would bring something to smile about. I soon discovered my face hurt from trying to hold my once geniune smile turned phony. I finally had to tell myself that the movie wasn't funny or touching or even well-acted. Goldie's Suzette possessed not one solitary trait that was even remotely endearing. Watching Geoffrey Rush's character, Harry, become "touched" while Suzette allowed Vinnie's (Susan Sarandon) daughter to puke all over her while she soothed her through her bad acid trip, was just plain silly. I felt myself feeling embarrassed for the actors. If Goldie Hawn didn't go home from shooting this film every night with a pounding headache or throwing her back out, I would be very surprised. There is no way that anyone could keep their lips pursed like that without some repercussion. And voguing one's boobs sideways, backways, and every way to Sunday can't be good on one's back. There was no "feel good" message, "no moral" to this waste of film. Those who have given "The Banger Sisters" a glowing review are clearly people who are "low maintenance" as far as movies go. They are not dazzled by gripping performances or an intelligent script. Two qualities I always look for. I guess if I am going to devote my valuable free time to watching a movie, it will have to be one worth watching and not this kind of slop. Hey, these people get paid millions of dollars to entertain. Shouldn't they have to earn it? I could go on and on and on about all that is wrong with this movie, but I won't. Too much time has been wasted already. If you feel as if you want to give this movie a chance, I would strongly urge you to rent it, or better yet, borrow it from someone who owns it. DON'T BUY IT!!!

Let's see if we can set up the point to this film. Two women who used to be "groupies" and who were promiscuous and lived a life of following around and sleeping with rock stars went their separate ways.

20 years later and one (Goldie Hawn) still works in a bar, sleeps around, has no friends and no meaning whatsoever in her life except that she is being "herself" and not selling out. So, to start with the audience is required to somehow think that is a good thing, otherwise the rest of the movie makes no sense at all.

After "Goldie" gets fired, and realizing that after 20 years all she has is an old friend somewhere who might be able to give her money, she sets off to find her.

The other woman (Susan Sarandon) has gotten married to a wealthy lawyer, has two spoiled daughters who treat her poorly, and is generally unhappy with her life, despite her outward appearances.

So, Goldie comes into town, they go downstairs and look at hundreds of old photos of men's privates, smoke pot, and then "Susan" decides to dress up like a trampy version of Brittany Spears so they can go clubbing. This brings "Susan" back and gives her life new meaning? "Susan" is now self-actualized and has "let her hair down" (although actually cut it off I think) and is now on her way to the kind of life her friend has? Everyone is happy. The end.

This movie is so bad from a moral standpoint, it glorifies "Goldie's" character for being an irresponsible promiscuous loner trying to still be a teen-ager, that it is hard to give this even one star. However, it was produced well, and the acting is pretty good, so I gave it two stars for that, but minus ten for a liberal worldview that is shockingly bereft of any decent values or meaning at all.