
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
There have been many great drivers but only one great passenger.
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Produced by Fourth Vision, New Line Cinema
A whimsical, gender-bending coming-of-age comedy about a woman learning to embrace her physical difference and unconventional identity in a conformist 1950s America.
A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.
Does Even Cowgirls Get the Blues end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Written about
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.





























































