Synopsis
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch.
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Cast
- Uma ThurmanSissy Hankshaw
- Lorraine BraccoDelores Del Ruby
- Pat MoritaThe Chink
- Angie DickinsonMiss Adrian
- Keanu ReevesJulian Gitche
- John HurtThe Countess
- Rain PhoenixBonanza Jellybean
- Ed Begley Jr.Rupert
- Carol KaneCarla
- Sean YoungMarie Barth
Recommendations
- 50
Austin Chronicle
Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, the movie does not work, though it's difficult to sort out the “what is” from the “what was” and “what might have been.” - 40
Chicago Reader
While the results are both cheerful and occasionally inventive, they can't hold a candle to his previous features; too many jokey asides and cameos - not to mention an overdose of plot - keep getting in the way. - 40
Variety
Pic stays on the surface, without attempting any exploration of painful depths. Result is at best amusing; at worst, uninvolving, often confusing, and sometimes a little boring. - 38
TV Guide Magazine
No one seems to be having any fun, including the normally masterful Van Sant, whose direction is unstructured, confusing, and lackadaisical. - 30
The New York Times
One of the many problems with Gus Van Sant's tortured, worked-over Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is that Sissy Hankshaw talks like a novel, and a dated one at that. - 20
Empire
Van Sant's film is cold and the gallery of eccentrics merely come across as vulgar caricatures. - 12
Chicago Sun-Times
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is one of the more empty, pointless, baffling films I can remember, and the experience of viewing it is an exercise in nothingness. - 12
ReelViews
Even Cowgirls is as close to an unwatchable film as there is available at this time in the theaters.
