Transamerica Movie Review 2005

Bree (Huffman) is a transsexual formerly known as Stanley on the brink of completing her male to female transformation through gender reassignment surgery. (S)he lives in Los Angeles, but just prior to her long-awaited surgery she receives a call from New York street hustler Toby (Zegers). Toby is looking for Stanley, who, as a result of a brief affair with his late mother, he believes to be his father. Because her therapist insists she must come to terms with this before her surgery, Bree heads to New York. From this point the film becomes a funny and touching road trip flick, as Bree and Toby drive back to L.A. learning about each other.

Distribution

Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment, 345 Hudson St., 13th Fl., New York, NY 10014, Fax: (917)368-7058

Available on DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Gender Bending, Road Trip, Thumbs Up, Gays, New York, New York, Stepparents, Child Abuse, Family Drama

Screenplay

Duncan Tucker

Cast

Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Pena, Graham Greene, Burt Young, Carrie Preston

Cinematography

Stephen Kazmierski

Director

Duncan Tucker

Music

David Mansfield

Other

Griffin Richardson, Doug Bernheim, Pam Wise, Danny Glicker, Mark White

Producer

Linda Moran, Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan, Belladonna

Awards

Golden Globes 2006: Actress--Drama (Huffman); Ind. Spirit 2006: Actress (Huffman), First Screenplay; Natl. Bd. of Review 2005: Actress (Huffman).