Opening

73% Fast & Furious 6 May 24
21% The Hangover Part III May 23
63% Epic May 24
97% Before Midnight May 24
88% We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks May 24
83% Fill the Void May 24
17% A Green Story May 24
—— Alyce Kills May 24

Top Box Office

87% Star Trek Into Darkness $70.2M
78% Iron Man 3 $35.8M
50% The Great Gatsby $23.9M
46% Pain & Gain $3.2M
69% The Croods $3.0M
77% 42 $2.8M
55% Oblivion $2.3M
99% Mud $2.2M
36% Peeples $2.2M
8% The Big Wedding $1.2M

Coming Soon

—— After Earth May 31
—— Now You See Me May 31
100% The Kings of Summer May 31
90% The East May 31

Transamerica (2005)

tomatometer

76

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.

79

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.

audience

77

liked it
Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 67,395

My Rating

Movie Info

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

R,

Drama, Comedy

Duncan Tucker

May 23, 2006

$8.7M

Weinstein Company - Official Site External Icon

Watch It Now

Cast

ADVERTISEMENT

All Critics (146) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (33) | DVD (22)

It's funny in spots, touching in others and uniformly life-affirming.

February 2, 2006 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Top Critic IconTop Critic

Huffman's performance redeems parts of the movie but, until the final 30 minutes, Transamerica too often feels like a journey to nowhere.

February 2, 2006 Full Review Source: ReelViews
ReelViews
Top Critic IconTop Critic

Transamerica is a routine road-trip comedy-drama with a twist.

January 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Top Critic IconTop Critic

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.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Seattle Times
Top Critic IconTop Critic

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.

January 20, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer
Top Critic IconTop Critic

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.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Miami Herald
Miami Herald
Top Critic IconTop Critic

Huffman's performance is the reason to see this sensitive, and sometimes touching drama. Paul Chambers, CNN.

March 6, 2010 Full Review Source: CNNRadio
CNNRadio

Sensitive portrayal of transsexual OK for older teens.

January 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Lifetime through Sundance

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

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).

August 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

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.

August 5, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

... offers some good insight on a very special film ....

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

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.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

A well-tuned vehicle.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

La sorprendente composición de Felicity Huffman es el principal atractivo de esta road movie agridulce.

November 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total
Uruguay Total

I'm glad they let us travel thru'.

August 21, 2006 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review
3BlackChicks Review

Audience Reviews for Transamerica

Lovely movie. Huffman was awesome as the sensitive Bree. Interesting how they chose a woman for the part instead of a man, but it totally worked.
I like how the emphasis isn't on the transgender theme, but in growing as a person and connecting with other people.
July 19, 2012
Saxia

Super Reviewer

Felicity Huffman absolutely knocked my socks off!
January 9, 2009
flixsterman
Randy Tippy

Super Reviewer

No quotes approved yet for Transamerica. Logged in users can submit quotes.

Discussion Forum

There are no discussion threads for Transamerica yet.

Latest News on Transamerica

March 6, 2006:
Indie Spirit Awards Distributed
Lost in the shadow of the weekend's Oscar coverage was the annual Independent Spirit Awards...

January 31, 2006:
2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!
Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how...

January 16, 2006:
Golden Globes Results - It Rhymes with "Chick Flick"
If you didn?t watch tonight?s Golden Globes Awards, you missed out on two big winners, a few...

Foreign Titles

  • Transamérica (ES)
Help | About | Jobs | Critics Submission | API | Licensing | Mobile