The first must-see film of the year.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

In First Wives Club, Goldie Hawn said: 'There are only three ages for women in Hollywood: "Babe", "District Attorney", and "Driving Ms.Daisy."' Goldie Hawn was for three decades the eternal babe. However, even for Goldie Hawn there came a time, when 'babe' was no longer possible. With Banger Sisters she is for the last time 'babe' and is also saying good bye to this role, as she realised that she is too old for this. Consequently, she never appeared again in any other movie after Banger Sisters, evidently as she does not want to become "District Attorney". Banger Sister is about two women looking back on their lives. They were friends when young but developed in different directions after separating. Suzette (played by Goldie Hawn) stayed 'babe' and worked as bar tender in music clubs, while Lavinia (Susan Sarandon) married a lawyer and politician and became mother of two daughters. They also meet Harry(Geoffrey Rush) who also looks back on his life and on missed opportunities. The film is not perfect. The speech of Lavinia's daughter at the end is just embarrassing. Otherwise it is sometimes funny, sometimes sentimental. The film is also about friendship and how friendship can develop (here between Suzette and Harry) and how friendship can survive over decades.

The Banger Sisters (2002): Dir: Bob Dolman / Cast: Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Eva Amurri Martino: Offensive title with sexual undertones regarding the term "banger." Goldie Hawn plays a rock music groupie fired from the bar she worked at so she sets out seeking financial aid by rekindling a friendship. She picks up an unstable screenwriter with a gun with one bullet purposed for his dominating father. She encounters her friend's drunken daughter after a prom party. She escorts her home and reunites with Susan Sarandon who gave up groupie life for motherhood. As predicted they struggle through differences but the biggest problem is the permissive attitude towards this behavior. Sarandon is outraged upon catching her daughter having sex in the pool but Hawn dismisses it. Director Bob Dolman does well with the flat material aided by the two stars. Hawn clearly running the show going from a life she never outgrew, to a life she feared facing. Sarandon surrendered to home life and is now refacing her past. How this is played through is not necessarily encouraging. Geoffrey Rush as the screenwriter serves no purpose. Erika Christensen recites her rebellious role from Traffic to a far lesser degree. It is unfortunately that a comedy featuring leads such as Hawn and Sarandon would be so dull, but that transpires here quickly. Potential theme warped by degenerate writing. Score: 2 ½ / 10

I loved this film because it reminded me of when i was a teenager and how we didn't care about what happened. But it also made me think about who i am today and if I'm being true to myself.That feeling of do i dress like an old woman, or do i look like the way i feel.I love the 3 main characters and I'm not sure if i'm Suzette or Vinnie, think I'm probably a bit of both.A few years ago i was dressing like Lavinia, but now dress the way i want to and i don't care what anyone thinks.I used to wear stuff like Suzette, but I've toned it down now lol I wish my best friend was here still xx

This 2002 movie was obviously an attempt to appeal to a neglected cinema demographic of middle-aged women, so it stars 56 year old Goldie Hawn as Suzette and 55 year old Susan Sarandon as Lavinia who are not in fact relatives but former sister-in-arms during an early sex-fueled period when they were 'banged' by a lot of rock stars (resulting in a collection of photos of 'rock cocks') and even a few roadies. One of them is still the free-spirited, laid back (sorry for the pun) soul of yester years while the other is now an upright and uptight married woman with two daughters. No prizes for guessing which (1). One of them succeeds in changing the other to embrace her view of life. No prizes for guessing which (2). This is a weak attempt at comedy that risks trivialising the consequences of casual sex.