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Transamerica (2005)

6.9

Movie

United States of America
English, Spanish
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
2005
DUNCAN TUCKER
Amy Povich, Andrea James, Bianca Leigh
103 min

What it's about

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

The take

Bree (Felicity Huffman) is an uptight transwoman who gets a phone call from her long lost son who is in trouble. She does not tell him she is his father but bails him out of jail and they end up on a long road trip to LA. Bree's high strung conservative personality intersecting with a wild young man and people they meet along the way leads to some comical situations. Felicity Huffman's performance is excellent. It is enjoyable to watch the characters develop over the film.

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