Everybody's a critic - 'The Banger Sisters'

Two stars

The audience I saw this movie with seemed to think it was pretty funny, and really, one couldn't help but appreciate the raw humor. But the director would have us believe that a hard-drinking/smoking/doping/carousing lifestyle could produce a buff babe like Goldie Hawn after 20 plus years of living on the wild side. Right.

Susan (Vinnie) Sarandon and Hawn (Suzette) are best "groupie" buddies who have lost touch but reconnect after Suzette (still caught in the past) is scraping rock bottom. She needs money. Vinnie has money (and bratty kids and an out-of-touch spouse). Suzette's current pick-up is Harry, an obsessive compulsive who gets quite disturbed over winged insects procreating on his hand. He's 50 and still has father issues.

If I had to describe how I felt about this movie in one word, ambiguous would be it.

- Susan Sulser, registered nurse

Two-and-a-half stars

"The Banger Sisters" is the story of one woman who never grew up and one who grew up too much. Suzette (Goldie Hawn) and Lavinia (Susan Sarandon) had some pretty wild times during their youth. They dropped out of school together and spent all of their time partying and going to concerts. Twenty years later, Suzette still loves to party, but Lavinia is uptight and married with two teenage daughters.

When Suzette is fired from her job, she decides to drive to Phoenix to ask Vinny for money. Along the way she picks up Harry (Geoffrey Rush), a conservative writer. Suzette helps Lavinia transform back into the old Vinnie of her youth and find out that life really is more fun. Suzette also helps Harry realize that life can be fun. This movie shows us that all we really need in life is someone to keep us young.

- Layne Strattman, college student