Transamerica (2006)
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Cast
as Bree Osbourne
as Toby Wilkins
as Elizabeth Osbourne
as Calvin Manygoats
as Margaret
as Murray Osbourne
as Sydney
as Arletty
as Alex
as Bobby Jensen
as Hitchhiker
as Mary Ellen
as Dr. Spikowsky
as Police Sergeant
as Fernando
as Kelly
as Voice Coach
as Calpernia
as NYC Cop
as Sandi
as Taylor
as Little Girl
as Taylor's Father
as Melissa
as Felicia
as David
as Sammy
as Phoenix Lady
as Phoenix Cop
as Male Nurse
as Filipino Nurse
as Wayne
as Ms. Swallow
as Gas Station Dog
as Lucky
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It's funny in spots, touching in others and uniformly life-affirming.
Huffman'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.
Audience Reviews for Transamerica
"Transamerica" is really the first film to truly focus on the journey of a transsexual, while also dealing with a complex story filled with interesting characters, and on top of that using a frame narrative of a road trip. The transformation made by the main character not only remains inspiring for the audience, but was also bittersweet when watching the stagnant life built around Bree (Huffman) and what becomes of her in the end of the film. The characters are also varied and complicated, from her therapist to her biological son (Zegers), who she road trips with from New York to Los Angeles. Bree is a pre-op transsexual who has just found out she has a son by the one girl she had sex with before starting her transformation into a man. Her son lives a life as a recluse and drug addict in New York City, prostituting himself and dreaming of a day that he can go live with his real father out in Hollywood. Abused and worse for wear Toby (Zegers) meets Bree, who works under the guise of a church patron in order to get Toby to go with her and find him a home before her therapist will sign off for the surgery. Bree finds herself really living for the first time since her journey began, and by the end she has found something out about herself, as well as found herself able to understand what it is to be a parent and love another person with abject affection. Felicity Huffman, in the title role, gives one of the most inspired performances of the decade, and really delves into the world of transsexuality, as well as educates through example. Bree is a strong, suitable character for those who want guidance. Besides this being a prime example of an iconoclastic LGBTQ character, Bree is also a remarkably flawed and interesting character. The entire film works as both an intense voyage into the relationship between an estranged father and son, as well as a coming of age story, as well as a story about the surgery of a transsexual. It's a rich story that explores a lot of great themes and has a diverse roster of characters, so it's enjoyable as well as introspective, which makes it a great film regardless.
Super Reviewer
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.
Super Reviewer
Felicity Huffman absolutely knocked my socks off!
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Transamerica Quotes
| Toby: | I'm out of cigarettes. |
| Bree: | Quel dommage. |
| Toby: | What's quel dommage mean? |
| Bree: | It means you're not getting any cigarettes. |
| Toby: | Beauty is relative. |
| Bree: | Not my relatives. |