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The Banger Sisters (2002)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+
Source Brief Review Grade*
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"Though it can be entertaining...the movie completely misses its chance to deal with some of the interesting questions its striking premise raises." more... C+
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"...pretty thin, but you grin while you're watching it." more... B  
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
"...a lot of fun, with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers." more... B  
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk
"Shot through with belly laughs and bawdy energy, it boasts Goldie Hawn's best performance in years." more... B  
E! Online "...Hawn's Banger-up role is some of her funniest stuff in years." more... C+
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell
"Sisters just takes too long to go nowhere." more... C-
Hollywood Reporter
David Hunter
"...an uneven comedy..." more... C+
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
"...way too calculated and contrived..." more... D+
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
"...sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant." more... C  
New York Times
Stephen Holden
"For all the charm effused by its stars, The Banger Sisters...emerges as a pallid, unconvincing pipe dream." more... C-
Reel.com
Pam Grady
"...brazens its way through its complete implausibility with a big heart and a pair of amiable lead performances." more... A-
Salon
Stephanie Zacharek
"Hawn is more appealing than she's been in years." more... B  
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"...worth seeing." more... B  
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
"Anyone...whose ever wondered what it would be like to have Hawn or Sarandon as a mother will get a kick out of their joint scenes." more... B-
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"...the premise is so clichéd and the characters such opposites that Sisters seems more like a sitcom episode." more... C  
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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