Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/20/2002(USA)
Release Date: 01/28/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
For some folks, the 1960s never really ended, and one woman still cheerfully stuck in the Summer of Love discovers her one-time best friend has left that decade as far behind as humanly possible in this
comedy. In the late '60s and early '70s,
Suzette (
Goldie Hawn) and
Vinnie (
Susan Sarandon) were two of Southern California's most celebrated groupies. Affectionately nicknamed "The Banger Sisters" by
Frank Zappa, best friends
Suzette and
Vinnie partied hearty with practically every
rock star of the era who mattered, and kept a collection of Polaroid snapshots documenting their randy exploits. In 2001,
Suzette is still her free-spirited self, and after losing her job as a barmaid at an L.A.
rock club, she decides to look up
Vinnie, whom she hasn't seen for 20 years.
Suzette hits the road for Phoenix, AZ, to pay
Vinnie a surprise visit, and en route picks up
Harry (
Geoffrey Rush), a novelist with writer's block who can't drive and hasn't had sex for a decade. Upon her arrival,
Suzette discovers
Vinnie isn't quite the same person who used to chase any man with long hair and an electric guitar. Now going by her given name of
Lavinia, she's a straight laced social worker with a lawyer for a husband,
Raymond (
Robin Thomas), and two teenage daughters,
Hannah (
Erika Christensen) and
Ginger (
Eva Amurri), none of whom know a thing about her wild and crazy past, and have a pretty hard time imagining
Lavinia even attending a
rock concert.
Eva Amurri comes by her role as
Susan Sarandon's daughter naturally enough --
Amurri is
Sarandon's daughter in real life.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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