Review of The Banger Sisters

Goldie Hawn is an ex-groupie who never grew up; she loses her job and hits the road in search of her best girlfriend from the '60's, now a lawyer's wife with two teenage daughters. Routine serio-comedy begins well, with quirky Geoffrey Rush joining Hawn on her journey, but the movie runs out of ideas soon after Hawn meets up with uptight Susan Sarandon (well-cast but not quite in the swing of things). There's the obligatory learning-how-to-loosen-up dance scene at a crowded bar, this just after Sarandon gives herself a hip new 'do--another cliché. Near the finish, when Hawn and Sarandon chase Rush down in a cemetery, the film comes to a complete stop. However, the nicely-done final chain of events almost makes up for the flaws in "The Banger Sisters", a movie so slight it doesn't require much thought or commitment from the audience. It just wants to be a little sassy and silly and at that it succeeds--for about an hour. **1/2 from ****