Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1993

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 28% · 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 28% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.3/10 10 8185 8.2K

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Plot summary

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

Director

Gus Van Sant Photo
Gus Van Sant

Top cast

Keanu Reeves Photo
Keanu Reeves as Julian Gitche
Uma Thurman Photo
Uma Thurman as Sissy Hankshaw
Ken Kesey Photo
Ken Kesey as Sissy's Daddy
Heather Graham Photo
Heather Graham as Cowgirl Heather
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883.57 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.6 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by artzau 5 / 10

Sorry. No Spoiler.

I've loved reading the comments about this film. In fact, some of them are even more zanier than Robbins, and that's going some. Look. If you're going to read a book by Tom Robbins, you know it's going to be goofy. Tom Robbins does goofy. OK. Now, if you're gonna see a movie about a Robbins book with Robbins input, what do you expect? Right. Goofy. So, what's the big deal? If you want Disney, go see some Bambi reruns. If you're gonna see Robbins, better read a few of his books first. I personally like Robbins's books. I howled my way through Jitterbug Perfume. And, being married to a Redhead, I loved Still Life with Woodpecker...OK. Now, what's this film about? Read the book. If you want to see Uma, Rain and all the gang, rent the video but don't expect Disney. You ain't gonna get it. Obviously, most of the other reviewers didn't either. Look. A movie can't pull the same things off that a book can, and vice versa. Robbins's books have a style that would seem very difficult to capture on film. If anything, this film proves that. Does it (i.e., the film) work? Is it a viable form beyond the book? Does it fly on its own merit? Can't say. YOU watch it and decide. I found many, many flaws in this film but also enjoyed much of it. So, friends, check it out for yourselves...but, I'd strongly advise, reading some Robbins before you do. It will save the shock later.
Reviewed by Son_of_Mansfield 5 / 10

If you think the movie is weird...

you should read the book. I wouldn't call it unfilmable, but it's certainly not a James Patterson or an Ira Levin novel. A girl born with large thumbs becomes a hitchhiker, a model, and a lobbyist for whopping cranes with her lover Bananza Jellybean. I love this book. The movie is not as bad as you may have heard. Uma Thurman is perfectly cast. She is just quirky enough to pull off the thumbs and obviously good looking enough to be a model. The rest of the cast is woefully miscast, mostly due to being too old for the parts, such as Lorraine Bracco and Pat Moriata. But the thing that really drags the movie down is that the spirit is missing. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was written in the sixties, the time of free love, and man is the love free in the book. There is too much fear now to make a movie like that. Also, there were different ideals about psychiatry, philosophy, and freedom. It's a true product of it's time and could be filmed by someone with guts. Until then, I can always read the book again...
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