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The Banger Sisters [DVD] [2003]
enlarge	Director: Bob Dolman Actors: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Robin Thomas Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy Used: £0.95 as of 23/11/2009 20:41 GMT details You Save: £15.04 (94%) New (18) Used (27) Collectible (1) from £0.95 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 23920 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 94 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036012485 ASIN: B00009PBU9 Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 2002 Release Date: July 21, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review A refreshing take on a well-tried formula, IThe Banger Sisters/I proves that there is always room for a polished new "women's picture", particularly one with a high astringent content. The eponymous sisters are a couple of girlfriends with a groupie past who haven't seen each other for years. Suzette (an ebullient Goldie Hawn) has remained a confirmed rock chick. When she's sacked from her bar job, she goes in search of Vinnie (Susan Sarandon) who has excised her past from her life as a staid wife and mother. p The performances are good and there are some cracking moments, not least as the initially resistant Sarandon seizes the memory of her youth and sheds her skin of respectability to the bewilderment of her husband and two daughters. Suzette's visit is the catharsis her old friend has long needed. (In many ways, of course, the most interesting aspect of the picture is the one we don't get to see: the long-term consequences of some pretty sleazy old revelations on a middle class family). But there's a pleasing poignancy in Hawn's decision to go home, her work done. And Geoffrey Rush, as usual, is outstanding as Harry, the neurotic writer she has picked up on the way and who could, just possibly, provide some stability in her itinerant life. p BOn the DVD:/B IThe Banger Sisters/I is presented in widescreen with a throbbing Dolby soundtrack. There are no extras. --IPiers Ford/I

Customer Reviews: Really brilliant film, buy it! August 12, 2003 Natalie 2 out of 3 found this review helpful The Banger Sisters is a great film, totally funny with great performances from Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush! Great story and great characters, what more can I say? Buy this DVD! More films like this pls July 30, 2004 I really like this film, as well as being a fun, uplifting and free spirited movie..brit had a deep message behind the story of forgotten friendship,brthe importance of living each day to the fullest brand not forgetting who you are; plus a great little ode to brJim Morrison. A look at relationships with a laugh or two thrown in April 29, 2005 Francisco (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Suzette (Hawn) is an ageing rock chick. Vinny/La Vinnia (Sarandon) was her best friend when they were young and wild. Suzette gets fired from her job working in a rock bar and decides to drive across country to seek out her old friend (who's now married to a lawyer and has children). Along the way she meets Harry and gives him a lift.pThings don't go as planned when they get to Phoenix but she does get to talk to Vinny.pThe film could best be described as a frothy drama. There are not that many laughs but it doesn't get very deep either. It stays somewhere in the middle for the most part. The characters are sympathetic.pIn short it's a feel good film about relationships. Goldie is aging well March 14, 2006 Joseph Haschka (Glendale, CA USA) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful In THE BANGER SISTERS, Goldie Hawn doesn#x27;t giggle as much as she did thirty-two years ago on "Laugh-In", but, under that unruly mop of blond hair, she can still give that crooked little grin that#x27;s just so darned appealing.pGoldie plays Suzette, an aging ex-groupie of the sex, drugs, and rock #x27;n#x27; roll generation who#x27;s a legend in her own mind and, undoubtedly, in the libidos of all the musicians she slept with. Just fired from her bartending gig at a Hollywood club by a young boss who doesn#x27;t have the proper respect for historical figures, Suzette sets out by car for Phoenix to look up Lavinia (Susan Sarandon), her pal and fellow groupie from the good old days. Along the way, she picks up Harry (Geoffrey Rush), a tightly wound wannabe writer that hasn#x27;t had sex in ten years and travels with a pistol loaded with one bullet. She arrives at her destination only to discover that Lavinia has "gone straight", i.e., is married to a lawyer and living a constipated middle-class existence in the affluent suburbs with two spoiled daughters, a banana hammock, and an all-beige wardrobe. pThe plot of this film is about nothing more than the effect of Suzette#x27;s uninhibited ebullience on Harry, Lavinia, and the latter#x27;s family. And, it should have been limited to just Lavinia#x27;s small circle if the editing department had perhaps done the smart thing and relegated the subplot involving Harry to the cutting room floor. Sarandon does well enough as a responsible Mom divesting herself of the inhibitions that have layered themselves over a formerly free spirit. To that end, her husband and daughters are nothing more than animated props serving as foils to this process catalyzed by the intrusion of Suzette into their overly-ordered lives. There#x27;s one sequence in the family basement involving some revealing old Polaroids that#x27;s worth the price of admission. pThe best reason to see THE BANGER SISTERS is Goldie Hawn, who, 57 at the time of this film#x27;s release, has aged well. She must work out. And when did she get so, um, stacked? Suzette makes a point of telling Lavinia that not everything one sees under her tank top is real. Perhaps that#x27;s it - but the effect is remarkable, especially if one remembers the Goldie of an earlier age. In any case, this film doesn#x27;t approach being memorable, but the effervescent Ms. Hawn has earned the right to be remembered simply for the delight she#x27;s provided fans over the decades. Review January 13, 2004 This DVD is OK if you like the style of boring romance, rather than comedy. There are a few attempts at jokes but they generally aren't funny. The actors in the film give a good performace, despite the poor storyline. I would recommend this to people who like a general, down-to-earth film as there are certain moments which may keep you gripped, but they are very rare.

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