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The Banger Sisters |
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The Banger Sisters  Rating: Rating:  - AMAZING!I absolutely loved this movie. I have a girlfriend that is closest to my heart and has been for many years. Although we have never been "groupies" we have had some serious nights out being single and having fun. If you have a friend that can read your mind and is close to you, watch it!!! Rating:  - The Banger Sisters... Starring Goldie Hawn's Lips & BoobsWow.... 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!!! Rating:  - Funny Groupie Reunion...Two ex-groupies, Suzette (Goldie Hawn) and Vinnie (Susan Sarandon), meet again after many years apart. Suzette is in a difficult situation and decides to visit Vinnie, her former partner in crime, in order to ask for some money to help her get back on her feet. However, Suzette is in for a ride when she notices the change in Vinnie's life since they where groupies. Banger Sisters is a light hearted comedy with some practical wisdom in regards to life and life decisions. In the end Banger Sisters offers a good cinematic experience that I enjoyed in the company of some friends. Rating:  - Entertaining MovieSuzette played by Goldie Hawn, is younger than her fifty years because she remains true to her spirit despite the ups and downs in her life. Meanwhile, her sidekick Lavinia, or "Vinnie" as she was called back in the day, is an uptight housewife married to a lawyer running for office with two spoiled and unhappy daughters. After being fired from her last job, Suzette goes out to Arizona to find her friend after all these years. She meets Harry, a screenwriter with writer's block and unresolved issues with his father. Harry and her share a hotel. Suzette seeks to find her friend which she does. But Lavinia is different from what she remembers in the sixties. Lavinia is uptight and reserved about her past. Her family doesn't know about her past which is bad. Her daughters are struggling to find their own identity drinking, having sex, and crashing cars. Vinnie kept her past from her children thinking that she was protecting them but she wasn't. The comforts of wealth shielded her true self. Feeling trapped in her lifestyle, Vinnie decides that she must relive the past with Suzette and both women go out and have themselves a good time like they did when they were teenagers. Meanwhile, Harry has overcome his writer's block and is able to write. But he is haunted by memories of his father which he has to resolve once and for all. If Vinnie was upfront with her past life to her family, her daughters would have an understanding of what is wrong and what is right and they would have made decisions based on their own assumptions. Her husband would have respected her as the woman she is. He was more concerned about his political career and she was too busy protecting her past to appease him. Suzette could be more stable in her life but she clung on to old memories of her youth. This is a good movie to watch. There's no shame in embracing memories of being young and outrageous. |
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