Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (5,997 ratings)

Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until Good Will Hunting -- is based on Tom Robbins' 1976 feminist bestseller. Uma Thurman plays Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with very large thumbs. After her parents (Grace… More

Play Trailer

R,
Directed By
Written By
Gus Van Sant
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
May 20, 1994 Wide
Fine Line Features

Critic Reviews

  • Jack Kroll, Newsweek

    There are just too many half-cooked ingredients in this utopian stew of a movie.

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    Despite a promising start, Cowgirls is one of the most boring movies of all time, a ridiculous stew of mysticism, flat satire, and whimsy.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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

  • Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World

    One of the most unwatchable disasters of the '80s

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

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

Read all 6 critic reviews

See more critic ratings and reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    I only watched this because Crispin is in it, and he had an okay part, but I didn't care for this movie at all. It tries too hard to be quirky and cool that it just misses the mark. I couldn't stand this movie, and I don't recommend it.

  • Chris W


    Deep down, I wanted to like this movie, and I wanted it to be good. I wanted to like it in general, but also because this film has an infamous reputation for being terrible. I thought that it couldn't be that bad, and that it had to have at least one redeeming value or two. Well,… More

  • Coxxie M


    Gus van sant is probably the only director i know of who can make a film thats boring and interesting at the same time, in more than one case too... oh, yea and im most likely one out of like 5 people to give this more than a star!

  • Michael G


    Not Van Sant's best work.

  • Mike T


    A boring, almost incoherent film that fails to latch onto anything memorable throughout its entire runtime. Despite the occasional inspired creative flair from Gus Van Sant, this is a chore to sit through.

Read all 7 featured audience ratings

Currently unavailable on Flixster

Also available on

Other Retailers

Not Available
Not Available
Not Available

Subscription Services

Not Available
Not Available
Not Available

Cast

See more (34)

Trailers & Clips