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THE BANGER SISTERS
"For all the charm effused by its stars, 'The
Banger Sisters,' written and directed by Bob Dolman, emerges as
a pallid, unconvincing pipe dream...'The Banger Sisters' certainly
begins with its heart in the right place. But the movie eventually
snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to
reassure." --
Stephen Holden,
The New York Times
"This primly evasive woman is a bum role for Sarandon, who constantly
signals her distaste for the character, but Hawn does something fresh...She
digs deep into the role of a funny, lewd woman who has been too careless
ever to put anything together for herself...'The Banger Sisters' is
painful to sit through, because you want to see someone like Paul
Thomas Anderson take hold of the character and the actress and start
again from the beginning." --David
Denby, The New Yorker
"'The Banger Sisters' is a practiced piece of Hollywood hokum, way
too calculated and contrived, especially for a film that nominally
celebrates the chaos and creativity of the 1960s. But, of course,
it's the Geritol version of the '60s that is being presented here...The
film's vision of the '60s is like a bland cover version of a once-vibrant
song. Even if you're tempted to sing along, you know you're missing
out on something." --Kenneth
Turan, The Los Angeles Times
"Give the movie a moment's thought, and you see the screenplay's gears
turning. This is a movie that could have been a term paper. But Hawn
and Sarandon hit the ground running, and are so funny and goofy that
they distract and delight us." --Roger
Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Goldie Hawn gives a heart-breakingly brave, endearing performance,
and Susan Sarandon a shrewdly withdrawn one in 'The Banger Sisters,'
but writer Bob Dolman's directorial debut betrays his stars...the
sole favor Dolman does the plucky Hawn is to light her rear end so
that its continued gloriousness can be appreciated." --Ken
Tucker, Entertainment Weekly
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