The Banger Sisters

Directed by Bob Dolman, The Banger Sisters follows the title characters (Goldie Hawn’s Suzette and Susan Sarandon’s Lavinia) as they reunite after spending more than a decade apart. Filmmaker Bob Dolman, armed with his own screenplay, delivers a genial and perpetually watchable endeavor that benefits from the top-notch performances of its two stars, as both Hawn and Sarandon turn in affable, agreeable work that’s heightened by their palpable chemistry together – with the strength of the actress’ efforts going a long way towards compensating for the narrative’s run-of-the-mill, less-than-fresh bent. (And it doesn’t hurt, either, that the movie boasts a solid roster of charming periphery players, including Geoffrey Rush, Robin Thomas, and Erika Christensen.) There is, as such, little doubt that The Banger Sisters generally fares a whole lot better than the viewer might’ve initially anticipated, and although it does vanish from one’s mind seconds after it’s concluded, the picture’s pervasively entertaining atmosphere does, in the final analysis, cement its place as a completely passable endeavor that never quite outstays its welcome.

*** out of ****

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