Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western, Homosexual Theme, LGBTQ Theme

Synopsis

A woman with huge thumbs hitchhikes across America, becomes a model, and visits her agent's California ranch for a commercial shoot. She meets cowgirls who take over the ranch and drug whooping cranes, leading to police siege.

Scores

Overall Score
29.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
34.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
24.6%
Review Aggregate
27.4

Critic Consensus

15.8% Fresh • 19 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 16% of 19 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize gritty, satirical, character-driven. Many reviews cite thin plot, uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

grittysatiricalcharacter-drivenuneven tonethin plotfunnyromantic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Uma Thurman1994$409,000$866,000(est)
Lorraine Bracco1994$252,000$533,000(est)
Angie Dickinson1994$190,000$401,000(est)
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita1994$155,000$328,000(est)
Keanu Reeves1994$133,000$281,000(est)
John Hurt1994$117,000$247,000(est)
Rain Phoenix1994$105,000$222,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score17.0
RT critic review count29
Rotten Tomatoes audience score28.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating4.3
IMDb votes8,119

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1994$1,708,873$3,617,230
International1994N/AN/A
Worldwide1994$1,708,873$3,617,230

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1994$854,436$1,808,615
Digital Rentals ?1994N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1994N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1994$8,639,000$18,286,466
Physical Purchases ?1994$7,974,000$16,878,838
TV & Streaming Revenue1994$683,549$1,446,892
Total Revenues1994$18,150,986$38,420,811
Expenses
Budget ?1994$8,500,000$17,992,240
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1994$1,367,000 (est)$2,893,576 (est)
Participations1994$726,000$1,536,749
Residuals ?1994$1,253,000$2,652,268
Interest & Overhead1994$1,700,000$3,598,448
Total Expenses1994$13,546,000$28,673,281
Movie Net Profit or Loss1994$4,604,986$9,747,530

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