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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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R,1hr 40min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama,Sci-Fi
Released:
May 20, 1994
Director:
Gus Van Sant
Distributor:
Fine Line Features
Starring:
Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix  ...more
Synopsis: 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 Zabriskie and Ken Kesey) take her to a doctor (Buck Henry), who offers her parents no remedy for their daughter's condition, the film races ahead to the 1970s. Sissy is now a popular feminine hygiene spray model for ... Full Synopsis
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Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Loaded as it is with undeveloped notions about feminism and individuality, nothing about it is really memorable except the appealing musicality of the fine k.d. lang/Ben Mink score, which deserves better. [20 May 1994] Full Review
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27
Generally Unfavorable Reviews
out of 100
Based on 17 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Uma Thurman
Sissy Hankshaw
John Hurt
The Countess
Rain Phoenix
Bonanza Jellybean
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
The Chink
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