Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1994)

A young woman (Uma Thurman) is born with a mutation, enormously large thumbs. Instinctively, she uses her thumbs to hitchhike across the country. After gaining a minimal amount of fame as a model, she goes to a beauty ranch that has been taken over by cowgirls and her life is changed. Based on the cult novel by Tom Robbins and directed by Gus Van Sant (TO DIE FOR). Attempts to make Robbins' 1976 novel into a movie had been tried for many years without much success and by the time they did, almost 20 years had passed and the book was hopelessly dated. The movie is a mess and its absurdities and eccentricities seem ridiculous rather than unconventional. Nothing works in this movie. The cast is impressive but the acting ranges from good (Angie Dickinson as the spa's manager) to awful (Rain Phoenix as the leader of the cowgirls). With Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Carol Kane, Sean Young, Heather Graham, Buck Henry, Grace Zabriskie, Crispin Glover, Roseanne Barr and Ed Begley Jr.