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Transamerica (2005)
Bree is a born-again Christian and pre-operative transsexual woman living in L.A. and trying to save up his money to become a woman. One day, he learns that he had fathered a son, Toby, who is now jailed in New York, so Bree flies across the country to get him out of jail. Toby, not realizing that Bree is his father (or a man) instead thinking she's a Christian missionary, is released to Bree's custody, and he agrees to travel with her across country back to L.A., just looking for his chance to escape from her.
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I have a sign over the door to my office that I read every single day: "It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are." How many of us have a clue who that is? How many have the courage to follow through once we discover the answer. Like Bree, I still consider myself to be a work in progress. Unlike...
(complete Transamerica review by B Movie Ben)
Transamerica Movie Review by Tony  (5/25/2006) |
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TRANSAMERICA is a road trip transgender ride that has an equal amount of tears and laughs along this fun ride. Felicity Huffman of Desperate Housewives fame shows here yes, I'm on a hit TV show, but I can act too. She is a life force as she carries this comedy/drama with her original and heart touching performance. After...
(complete Transamerica review by Tony)
| Transamerica Movie Review by Matthew (2/6/2006) |
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From the moment we first see Bree Osborne (Felicity Huffman, TV's "Desperate Housewives"), a pre-op Transgender patient, it is difficult to recognize the well-known actress. Occasionally, an actor will so completely take on the role they are playing it becomes difficult to spot them, to remember we are not watching an...
(complete Transamerica review by Matthew)
A sweet little road film about a father getting to know his son...except that the father is a transsexual and the son doesn't know who his father is. This film falls in places, but is pulled together by a brilliant (and Oscar nominated) performance by Felicity Huffman, as well as great (and largely unrecognized) work by...
(complete Transamerica review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| Transamerica Movie Review by Kimberly (6/1/2006) |
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"Transamerica" – Rated R, 103 minutes – A-
Let me get this out of the way – Not to slight Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Huffman was robbed. And now – the review.
"Transamerica" is about a journey taken by a father and his seventeen-year-old son whom he just learned existed. On the journey both parties learn about...
(complete Transamerica review by Kimberly)
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