Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15953 in VHS
• Released on: 1996-03-25
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, German
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
If someone ever put together a what-were-they-thinking top 10, this film would surely make the list. Based on Tom Robbins's 70s ode to freedom, whooping cranes and ambisexuality, this Gus Van Sant film sat on the shelf for almost a year before its brief release. More of a curiosity than anything else, it tells the convoluted story of Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman), the world's greatest hitchhiker by virtue of her mammoth, um, thumbs. She falls in with a lesbian collective at a dude ranch and, well, the rest is kind of a mess. Kind of? Let's say it's a monumental mess, one of those films that's like a 25-car pileup on the interstate that you have to stop and look at, just to figure out what people like Keanu Reeves, Roseanne, John Hurt and Angie Dickinson are doing there. --Marshall Fine

Synopsis
Based on Tom Robbins' novel about a woman whose over-large thumbs give her a talent for hitchhiking, this all-star western comedy follows her travels and her visit to a lesbian dude ranch.

Customer Reviews

Worth Watching
When I saw this film for the first time I didn't know what to expect. I was right not to know as it's the kind of film that, however many times you watch it, you never know what to expect. I love the way the story progresses from the mildy unlikely to the downright infeasible whilst still managing to keep the viewer amused and enthralled. Whilst it is not a classic by any means, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues is a highly entertaining motion picture.