Kirpianuscus
maybe, one of the most impressive films of the last decades. sure, for the performance of Felicity Huffman. and for her surprising art to transform Bee in a beautiful symbol of vulnerable force. for the smart story. and for Kevin Zegers who escapes, not totally but in many senses, from the mark of teenager films. a film about a trip and about delicacy of feelings. impressive scene by scene. that is all.
SnoopyStyle
Bree Osbourne (Felicity Huffman) is struggling to convince a psychiatrist to allow her to get sexual reassignment surgery. She gets a call from NYC jail inmate Toby Wilkins (Kevin Zegers) claiming to the son of her former self Stanley Chupak from a tragic lesbian fling. She finally gets approval from Margaret (Elizabeth Peña) but she has to reconnect with her son first. Toby is a petty criminal hustler. Bree pays the $1 bail and pretends to be a Christian social worker. Toby's mother is dead and he doesn't get along with his stepfather. He is looking to go to L.A. to become a porn actor. She reluctantly drives him on a Transamerican road trip.Felicity Huffman creates such a compelling, endearing character. Her performance is note-perfect. She develops great chemistry with Kevin Zegers. It's a heart-warming funny road trip with a twist.
deb-macdonald11
11096377 I watched this movie in a Human Sexuality class, as we were discussing the topic of trans gender individuals. I enjoyed this movie because it allows an individual an insight to how many issues that trans gender people face in reality. One main issue that I thought was interesting was the fact that Bree did not want to tell Toby, her son, that she was the father of him. When Toby was explaining how his father was to Bree he showed a picture, which was of Bree when she was male, and she lost her feminine characteristics at the time as if she was disgusted by the way she used to be as a male. Also while on a road trip, Bree stops to stay at her friend's place where there just so happens to be a "trans gender cruise planning party", Toby gets introduced to many of Bree's trans gender friends. Bree does not want them to tell Toby that she too is indeed a trans gender because she is scared of what Toby might think. Afterwards Toby tells Bree he thought all the people were nice, which changes Bree's opinion and she opens up more to Toby. She did not tell Toby the truth about being the father until a night at her parent's home. I think Toby should not view Bree any different than he did originally whether she is male or female; Bree is still the only parental figure in his life and he should be grateful for that although her gender identity has changed throughout the years, she is still the same person.
swamprat_21
Last week a family getting ready to move gave my wife and I a bag of books and a few films. One of the films was Transamerica. I glanced at the front and back and through "Hmmm, I didn't I know Mrs. H. was into weird movies". A few nights later my wife and I decided to give the film a try. The film was great, we're so tired of the same old Hollywood stuff, action, special effects, top dollar actors who could care less about the characters. The film captured us in the very beginning, we both empathized with Bree, understood her struggle, pain, and basic desire to be herself. The road trip was a great part of the film. I enjoyed the Calvin Manygoats and the meeting with her parents (the mom was great). I grew uncomfortable with Toby's desire to have sex with his biological father, as well as the tryst with the trucker, but this was an intergral part of the story and the film was very realistic. I learned a lot about the struggle and pain that these people have in life, it made me more accepting of their lives. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a good story, exceptional acting, and good dialog. It's a very good film.
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