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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HUFFMAN,FELICITY
EAN: 0796019790390
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 23, 2006
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 5996
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Bree, a male to female pre-operative transsexual living in California takes a road trip to New York when she learns that she has a teenage hustler for a son who needs her help.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 8-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Felicity Huffman deserves every award she's received for her outstanding performance in Transamerica, a small but rich movie about Bree--formerly Stanley--a pre-operative male-to-female transexual awaiting gender-reassignment surgery who learns she has a wayward teenage son named Toby. When her therapist (Elizabeth Peña, Jacob's Ladder) strongarms Bree into facing her past, she bails Toby (Kevin Zegers, Dawn of the Dead) out of jail and they end up on a road trip across the country. Such a premise could feel forced, but the script and performances make it persuasive and natural. Bree wrestles with discomfort and compassion as she learns about Toby's own troubles, even while her own grow worse when she's forced to ask for help from her hostile parents (the superb Fionnula Flanagan, The Others, and Burt Young, Rocky). Transamerica doesn't push for any great catharsis, but instead slowly peels away the layers of Bree's defenses, laying bare her basic struggle for respect and a chance at happiness. In many ways it's a showy role, but Huffman (Desperate Housewives) keeps her acting simple, direct, and thoroughly compelling. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Great Road Trip Film
I was really prepared not to like this film as I have grown tired of Felicity Huffman's pathetic overacting on "Desperate Housewives, " but in this quiet, affecting road trip film she underplays beautifully and accomplishes more by acting less. As Bree, the conflicted pre-op transsexual, Ms. Huffman lowers her voice an octave and wears heavy makeup to make her character authentic. I did think throwing every family dysfunction in the mix was a bit much, but Bree's relationship with her parents who ... Read More
Rating: - Good movie, misleading title
When I first heard about this I thought it was going to be some sort of documentary on trans people in the US. Last night I watched it with a friend when it came on Lifetime and was pleasantly surprised. I think the title could also have been more descriptive of the actual plot. This movie's depictions of both a transgender person, their family and a sexually abused teenage boy was all very accurate and well done. The movie makers didn't seem afraid to go anywhere, and pulled off intense dramatic ... Read More
Rating:  - A must-see!
"Transamerica" is worth watching solely because of Felicity Huffman's performance. The terrific actress plays Bree, a not-quite-yet woman waiting for the final sex-reassignment operation. However, a couple of days before the operation, Bree gets a phone call from NYPD, informing her she has a son and that she needs to get there and bail him out. Bree reluctantly does that, but instead of telling her hustler son she is his mother, she tells him she is a missionary and offers to drive him to California, ... Read More
Rating: - A brilliant movie with an astounding lead performance
Yes yes, I stole my title from another reviewer. Hey, he wrote what I was thinking.
You look at the blurb and you might think, "Wow, this has so much potential to go so wrong." But guess what? It has just as much potential to go so right, and it certainly does.
The writing, the acting, the character arcs, the plot and subplots... everything is excellent. Insightful, observant, clever, great dialogue, stellar performances from everybody. Quite serious and quite humorous at ... Read More
Rating: - an incredibly beautiful, rich film with a delightful performance
I was taken by surprise about how good this movie turned out to be. There was a lot of buzz about Felicity Huffman's performance, and certainly a lot should be said about her poignant portrayal. Without Huffman there wouldn't be a movie; however, the script is amazing too. There are twists and turns to the plot, and just when you think the characters have hit their lowest point, they manage to do something even more heartbreaking. This movie is an experience to be partaken. And maybe, in the process of watching ... Read More
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