Transamerica (2005)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 134
Fresh: 102 | Rotten: 32
A terrific performance by Felicity Huffman carries this unconventional but touching transgender road movie.
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 8
A terrific performance by Felicity Huffman carries this unconventional but touching transgender road movie.
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The first film by Duncan Tucker, Transamerica stars Felicity Huffman as a pre-operative transsexual named Bree (whose given name was Stanley). One week before going under the knife, Bree learns that she fathered a boy who is now 17 and is in trouble with the law. Bree would like to ignore this information, but is forced to meet the young man, Toby (played by Kevin Zegers), by her analyst Margaret (Elizabeth Peńa), who will not allow the surgery to happen unless Bree meets him and confronts this
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Cast
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Felicity Huffman
Bree -
Kevin Zegers
Toby -
Fionnula Flanagan
Elizabeth -
Elizabeth Peńa
Margaret -
Graham Greene (II)
Calvin -
Burt Young
Murray -
Carrie Preston
Sydney -
Venida Evans
Arletty -
Jim Frangione
Taylor's Father -
Raynor Scheine
Bobby Jensen -
Maurice Orozco
Fernando -
Elayne Stein
Phoenix Lady -
Paul Borghese
NYC Cop -
Matt Young
Wayne -
Danny Burstein
Dr. Spikowsky -
Craig Bockhorn
Police Sergeant -
Amy Povich
Phoenix Cop -
Teala Dunn
Little Girl -
Jon Budinoff
Alex -
Calpernia Addams
Calpernia -
Grant Monohon
Hitchhiker -
Bianca Leigh
Mary Ellen -
Andrea James
Voice Coach -
Kate Bayley
Tennessee Waitress -
Stella Maeve
Taylor -
Kelly O'Connell
Kelly -
Sandi Alexander
Sandi -
Melissa Sklarz
Melissa -
Felicia Kittles
Felicia -
David Harrison
David -
Forrie Smith
Sammy -
Burton Elias
Male Nurse -
Cecy
Filipino Nurse -
Barbara Hubbard Barron
Ms. Swallow -
Lou Lou
Gas Station Dog -
Zero T. Poodle
Lucky -
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All Critics (146) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (33) | DVD (22)
It's funny in spots, touching in others and uniformly life-affirming.
Top CriticHuffman's performance redeems parts of the movie but, until the final 30 minutes, Transamerica too often feels like a journey to nowhere.
Transamerica is a routine road-trip comedy-drama with a twist.
Huffman's performance in Transamerica, as a pre-op male-to-female transsexual coping with the sudden emergence of a long-lost son, is much better than the movie it's in; indeed, she singlehandedly takes Transamerica to a higher plane.
It's a farce with heart, a meditation on identity, family and gender politics that has real faith in its characters -- even when the characters themselves lack it.
As Bree, who started her unhappy life as Stanley, the angular Huffman, a fine comedic actress who carried home an Emmy this fall, is a compelling portrait of wounded dignity. She is wholly fascinating and heartbreaking.
Huffman's performance is the reason to see this sensitive, and sometimes touching drama. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Sensitive portrayal of transsexual OK for older teens.
Lifetime through Sundance
Tucker's screenplay is sharp but also sensitive, so the ample good humour never drifts into high camp (apart from the scenes with Bree's mother - and SHE is straight).
Comfort food for a comfortable audience, with the TV-familiar Huffman reassuring viewers that she's really a real woman underneath that unflattering make-up.
... offers some good insight on a very special film ....
A big part of the movie's success is Huffman's irresistible and remarkable performance as Bree, a character we identify with rather than feel alienated by.
A well-tuned vehicle.
La sorprendente composición de Felicity Huffman es el principal atractivo de esta road movie agridulce.
I'm glad they let us travel thru'.
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- Transamérica (ES)
I like how the emphasis isn't on the transgender theme, but in growing as a person and connecting with other people.