Transamerica (2005)

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Felicity Huffman pulled a major coup in playing the role of a male character awaiting his sexual reassignment surgery to bring him into womanhood who then discovers that he has a teenage son born out of his only ever collegiate hetero fling. Her performance was compelling in exhibiting the delicacy and quirkiness that made for such an endearing and memorable character...

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.

I won't give a 10 star because nothing is perfect, however if I didn't hold that philosophy this would be a 100% winner. I'm not sure who won the academy award that year but Felicity definitely deserved it. She totally got into character, and I will also give credit to the director and all assistance she was given to portray a transsexual women. I thought she was so funny, in a realistic way, with the added poignant scenes which were due for the story to send a profound message.Keven Zegers - great choice for the 'son' who steals frogs and likes to take drugs and give blow jobs for cash. Oops, is that a spoiler? Anyway, he's cute, he can act, and I could relate to his character; albeit not every characteristic nor "assignation".This is a country road trip theme with an original plot which makes this movie unique. It is one of my favourites. I like the soundtrack, camera shots, and characters reactions to comments, situations, and inappropriate behaviour. Oh, and lest I forget (SPOILER] the hilarious family Bree claims to be dead. The mother (Fionnula Flanagan), sister (Carrie Preston) and father are a delight.Watch, and watch again.

As someone who's made the same journey as Bree I thought the movie was wonderful. My story has a lot in common with Bree's. Sure I have some issues with some of the technical details, but overall it does a great job. In this movie we have both a personal and family story combined. Bree is looking to complete her transition and at the same time becomes a parent to a child she never had.Many trans people are unhappy with how Bree is portrayed, but I think they forget who the target audience is. Hint: It's not us trans people. So the portrayal of Bree in the movie is not really linear. In essence they compact a couple years of transition down to a one week period in the movie. That's why Bree appears so insecure at the beginning and so rounded and polished at the end. It's a lesson to non-trans people in brief of how we change over the course of transition.I would also be remiss to not mention the great soundtrack. Particularly "Like A Rose" as Bree's being readied for surgery. They also did a great job with casting. Everyone seemed so right for the parts they played. And finally, I think Felicity Huffman was robbed, she should have won the Oscar for this film.