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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 17

Fresh: 4

Rotten:13

Average Rating: 3.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: 29-year old Sissy Hankshaw leaves New York behind for the lush pastures of a midwestern ranch where she's scheduled to model for feminine hygiene advertisements. When she arrives at the... 29-year old Sissy Hankshaw leaves New York behind for the lush pastures of a midwestern ranch where she's scheduled to model for feminine hygiene advertisements. When she arrives at the beauty-ranch, Sissy's introduced to a band of free-living, free-loving cowgirls rebelling against their drag queen employer and ranch owner, The Countess. Joining the cowgirls in their collective struggle against exploitation, Sissy not only finds liberating comradeship, she also finds romantic companionship. [More]

Starring: Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Lorraine Bracco, John Hurt

Starring: Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Lorraine Bracco, John Hurt, Angie Dickinson, Buck Henry, Rain Phoenix, Roseanne, Noriyuki Morita, Sean Young, Grace Zabriskie, Ken Kesey, Crispin Glover, Ed Begley, Carol Kane, Heather Graham, Udo Kier

Director: Gus Van Sant

Director: Gus Van Sant
Composer: K.D. Lang, Ben Mink
Screenwriter: Gus Van Sant
Story: Tom Robbins
Producer: Gus Van Sant, Laurie Parker

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Nov 2, 2004

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  • From the director of Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho comes a star-studded comedy based on the best-selling novel by Tom Robbins.
  • The cowgirls on the Rubber Rose Ranch are staging a rebellion. Delores Del Ruby (Bracco) is leading the uproarious uprising, but it's really Sissy Hankshaw (Thurman) who's providing the spiritual leadership for this rag-tag bunch of female bandits. With her marvelous thumbs and her funky brand of femininity, she shatters all male chauvinist illusions and boldly goes where no woman has gone before.
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    09/24/08
    Deborah Young
    Variety
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    Despite a promising start, Cowgirls is one of the most boring movies of all time, a ridiculous stew of mysticism, flat satire, and whimsy.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    07/30/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    eFilmCritic.com

    Arguably Van Sant's weakest film, this adaptation of Tom Robbins's feminist anarchic manifesto is poorly conceived, directed, and acted.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    06/09/07
    Emanuel Levy
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    01/26/06
    Time Out

    No review available.

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    07/05/05
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    One of the most unwatchable disasters of the '80s

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    06/17/05
    Jon Niccum
    Lawrence Journal-World

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    11/18/04
    Randy Shulman
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    Jules Brenner
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    Caryn James
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    05/20/03
    Monica Hayde
    Palo Alto Weekly

    I thought this was okay. I'm very embarrassed by that.

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    03/15/03
    Alex Sandell
    Juicy Cerebellum

    Not as bad as claimed, but not very good either.

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    01/16/03
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    No review available.

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    08/08/02
    Cory Cheney
    Urban Tulsa Weekly

    Muddled, confused, ridiculously vulgar, with jokes that fall flat and performances that range from uneven to downright embarrassing...

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    Chris Hicks
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    Marjorie Baumgarten
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