Transamerica

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  • Opened December 2, 2005 
  • 1 hr 43 min
  • R | sexual content, nudity, language and drug use
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • A preoperative male-to-female transsexual travels to New York when she discovers she may have fathered a son who is currently in prison. A misunderstanding finds her son believing she is a Christian missionary, and the two travel to Los Angeles together where they begin to build a relationship. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Peña, Graham Greene
  • Director: Duncan Tucker
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Drama

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

This debut feature left me in a state of movie euphoria. Who could have guessed that such a discomfiting premise would blossom into a deadpan-hilarious and yet deeply affecting story about a singular glitch in the human condition? Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Sheri Linden

Impressively realized on all levels, this transgender spin on the road trip boasts an extraordinary central performance. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Transamerica provides the frame and the occasion for one of the year's best performances, Felicity Huffman's as a woman trapped in a man's body who's passing for female while awaiting a sex-change operation. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

It's debatable whether watching Huffman get dressed, take hormones, and learn to use a more feminine diction could sustain an entire movie, but the character is certainly a creation more original than a lot of the film itself. Read full review

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