Older women still try to rock

Ever go out to the bars and see those two older women trying to dress like they are still in college, but in reality they just look ridiculous? "The Banger Sisters" gives an explanation for some of those townies wearing leather pants and halter tops and trying to fit in with people half their age. \nLavinia (Susan Sarandon) and Suzette (Goldie Hawn) were "famous" back when they were our age. They drank to oblivion, went to every rock concert and even slept with all the big rock stars of their time. After the wild years were over, Lavinia went her own way, marrying a lawyer and straightening her life out in a big fancy house in Phoenix. Suzette, on the other hand, stayed her rock star-loving self as a bartender in California.\nThe previews make it look like Suzette crashes Lavinia's perfect world in Arizona, then brings Lavinia out of her new "beige" life and makes it a colorful one. Suzette also apparently wrecks the family and makes the kids mad but manages to show them that their mom was cool. Then all the problems are solved and everyone is happy with Mom's new image. This all happens in about three days.\n"The Banger Sisters" moves so quickly, movie watchers won't have time to decide whether they like Suzette or not. It's hard to understand why she's been around for not even 24 hours and the two daughters blame her for everything that is going wrong in their family. \nSarandon and Hawn may have picked a so-so movie to be in, but they're still as beautiful and successful as two women their age can be. Their chemistry on screen is fabulous as well, but Geoffrey Rush (Harry) steals the show. While he's not crucial to anything that happens in the plot with "The Banger Sisters," the movie would be a complete waste without him. \nThe fact that process of Lavinia's home going from perfect, then destroyed, then perfect again occurs all in three days just doesn't make sense. The best thing about the movie, besides Harry, is the look students get when they hear the stories behind those old women out at the bars. At one time, they may have been cool.