
Lisa is the last person you'd expect to find in a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', but as general manager at Double Whammies, she's come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it?... (Full plot summary below)
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Lisa is the last person you'd expect to find in a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', but as general manager at Double Whammies, she's come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it?
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| Pittsburgh City PaperHannah LynnThe eclectic supporting cast shines as well, creating the kind of chemistry found only between coworkers. |
| The Pop BreakMarisa CarpicoThough Bujalski's aspirations are perhaps not that grand, it's easy to see [the film] as some sort of metaphor for what it's like to be a woman at this moment in history. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA thematically rich dramady about three women who bond together in response to the humiliations at their workplace. |
| NewcityRay PrideWhat a great movie! AUDIENCE, WHERE ARE YOU? Andrew Bujalski's masterly comedy "Support the Girls," told across a single day, teems with empathy, wry humor and an uncommon awareness of the lives much of America lead despite jobs they hate. |
| Original-CinLiam LaceyOne of the pleasures of Support the Girls is that it explores the constant fender-benders of sex, race, class, and age without ever coming off as preachy or lecturing. |
| Midwest Film Journal Evan DosseyA perfect slice-of-life comedy with some of the best performances of the year. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkBujalski as a filmmaker has created a film as fascinating as anything in his previous output |
| Baltimore MagazineMax WeissHall anchors it all, giving a performance that more than earns its place in the Working Class Heroine Hall of Fame. |
| Seattle WeeklyRobert HortonHall assumes full ownership of this warm and funny film. |
| Boston GlobeAmelia NierenbergHerein lies the quiet magic of Support the Girls — the reason to see it, the reason that keeps it coming back from the recesses of a reviewer’s psyche: Lisa is kind. That’s the secret, the reason the film is a little diamond. |