The Washington Post, May 20th, 1994
MUCH BALLYHOOED, much-anticipated, the movie version of Tom Robbins's extravagantly playful road romance "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" was set for release last November, but got such a ho-hum response from preview audiences that in-over-his-head director Gus Van Sant took it back and diddled with it some more. He should have just started from scratch. Saddled with leaden lead performances, hobbled by an arch, incoherent script and pokey pacing, the new, improved "Cowgirls" is a miscarriage - misconceived, miscast, miserably boring. And misogynistic, too - perhaps the queerest thing about this ...
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