Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon are MAHVELOUS in this (chick flick) movie! At the beginning, we see them in the ’here-and-now’ - Goldie’s character hasn’t quite ’let go’ of the past, while Susan’s character has not only ’let go’, she’s also conveniently swept the past under the floorboards of her multi-million dollar mansion. [For those of you ’youngsters’, BANGER refers to sexual promiscuity.]
Goldie gets fired from her job in California, and decides to visit Susan, who now lives in Arizona. On the way, Goldie picks up a quirky, obsessive-compulsive character (wonderfully portrayed by Geoffrey Rush) who wants to ’kill’ his father (I refuse to tell you more about the father - it’ll ruin everything!). While Rush holes up in his hotel room, Goldie drives to her friend’s home, and sees Sarandon standing outside taking photos of her daughter and friends who are on their way to a high school prom. Goldie and Sarandon ’confront’ one another, and each appears to be terribly disappointed in one another (for whom they ’are’ now). Eventually, Sarandon lets her ’hair down’ (literally AND figuratively), and ... in a very funny, yet sad, scene in the basement (which involves Polaroid photos and weed), the two characters come together again - as adults who are able to admit their short-comings and re-visit their disreputable past without shame or guilt. And you see how genuine their friendship was, IS, and will always continue to ’be’. Laugh and cry with them! And enjoy Rush, whose character is an all-time classic!!!!