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Transamerica

Transamerica

Drama · Adventure · Comedy · 2005

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.

Movie details

Transamerica

“Life is a journey. Bring an open mind.”

2005 Drama · Adventure · Comedy 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

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.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Duncan Tucker

Written by

Duncan Tucker

Felicity Huffman

Felicity Huffman

Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne / Stanley Schupak

Kevin Zegers

Kevin Zegers

Toby Wilkins

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan

Elizabeth Schupak

Burt Young

Burt Young

Murray Schupak

Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston

Sydney Schupak

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña

Margaret

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Calvin Many Goats

Court is in session

Put Transamerica on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.