Burt Young, Calpernia Addams, Elizabeth Peņa
Bree is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be -- until she finds out t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006
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November 3, 2009welll done performances, a funny story that makes it a good drama. I enjoyed this movie.
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September 16, 2009For me, Transamerica is all about Felicity Huffman's performance. It's a bold and very brave performance brilliantly executed and rightfully celebrated.
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June 15, 2009One of those quirky adventure stories that makes me wonder if this stuff actually happens to real people. There were parts of it that seemed very real (like how Bree's parents treated her), but I want to know if all of these things ever happen to one person. Felicity Huffman was ...( read more)
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December 19, 2008A wonderful road movie in many respects. Huffman plays a pre-op transsexual whom discovers she has a son. As the two make their way across the country it becomes apparent how fragile they both are. The film avoids overt sentimentality and instead goes for subtle moments of humour...( read more)
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November 24, 2008"Life is more than the sum of its parts."
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 1...( read more) -
October 30, 2009Huffman is excellent, and the direction is good, but the plot is mired in corny cliche.
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October 22, 2009Felicity should have received an Oscar for this one. End of story. ♥
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October 15, 2009I didnt think this movie was that good...they should have gotten a real trans female to play in this movie...
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October 11, 2009it was an amazing road trip between felicity huffman and kevin zegers, they were an amzing team
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October 6, 2009October 2009 - This is a very decent and modest portrayal of a transsexual. I love it that the character looks so normal within the framework of the american family and the classic road movie genera. It does not become very deep but this is also perhaps a good point to insure tha...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 20, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
January 19, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie works, and it does work, because Felicity Huffman brings great empathy and tact to her performance as Bree. full review
December 8, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
Felicity Huffman's face is what holds you in Duncan Tucker's delightful Transamerica. full review
December 6, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Transamerica is To Wong Foo but with a pre-op tranny protagonist and a strained parent-child dynamic. full review
December 6, 2005
Armond White, The New York Press
The most original American movie comedy this year. full review
December 2, 2005
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
The strongest American debut since Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth. full review
December 1, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Transamerica, the feature debut of writer-director Duncan Tucker, never lets us forget that it's a nonmainstream story about a nonmainstream subject, when ideally, it should simply be a story about a ... full review
December 1, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today
[Felicity Huffman's] complex portrayal sometimes doesn't fit the film's broad, sitcom-style humor and thinly drawn supporting characters. full review
December 1, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Transamerica, starring Felicity Huffman as a pre-operative transsexual, is touching and sometimes funny, despite its overall air of indie earnestness.
November 30, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
[Felicity Huffman] turns this small, resonant film into a cry from the heart. full review
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August 12, 2008It was alright; it could have been better if they had the budget. Felicity Huffman did a real good job though. But it was just alright.
Take care all,
William
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May 20, 2007i find this movie so realistic...and one story that everyone can take time to understand about it..an extrodianry movie to watch..
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August 12, 2006To find a movie so extraordinary as this is amazing. A very special movie
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May 30, 2006A sensitive subject, an unbelieveable story of a true not very well told in our reality. The movie got some moments on the road that you could be lost and well i dont know what the director was thinking to put it on the movie, but some other moments were magical, spectacular and uforgettable. In this story about two souls on the road with the secret of their lifes in search for who they are and how to reach happiness and they found that the real things in life are not the one we look for, that are already there.
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