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I am a big Kevin Zegers fan and wanted to watch his performance in this film. I was not disappointed. The acting was excellent by the entire cast. They made me believe that a man could want to be a woman, and I felt the pain the parents went through. This adult film includes teen sex, gay sex, and graphic male images. It is not a family film. The plot involves characterization of parents who are so one sided that they cannot accept their son's discomfort at being male. I think people have more depth that the two actors portrayed here. This was the only disjointed part of the film. Kevin Zegers portrays a boy who sells himself to men for money. However, I felt the writing was weak, since he totally accepts this new 'woman' in his life and travels with her without ever really questioning why she is spending so much time and effort on him. His performance was very good and believable, though. Felicity Huffman was excellent as the 'man' who became a woman. For someone interested in this type of film, it was intriguing.Read full review
Felicity Huffman portrays a "man" going through the change -- to become a woman. If that were it, then it would be just another transgendered movie... but this real gurl shows that she' more woman then just another "Desperate Housewife" making movies for grins! The film was done before making her debut on Desperate Housewives, and shows talents beyond the stars. The movie is original in its "characterization" of a man wanting desperately to become a real woman, and makes Julie Andrews from Victor/Victoria fame seem transparent. The depth of Felicity's role as "Brie" is believable, as she struggles to be the "father" her son never had... This works well, beyond the "cheap flicks" that have been made previously.... that portray transgendered roles as psycho-messes of society. Makes you really want this sex change to happen! See, fairy-tales can come true! Recommended for all audiences - it's about time that real life comes to the big screen!Read full review
Timely, Topical and Twisted,Transamerica delivers the entire package. A least for awhile. (LOL) Felicity Huffman plays a man waiting to become a woman.(Transexual) Even though she really is a woman. Felicity earned an Oscar nomination (and should have won over spoiled Reese Witherspoon) and left her Desperate Housewives roots of glamour and shtick behind. She is wonderful in this family comedy/drama. Bree (Huffman) sets out on a journey to find her son,Toby (Kevin Zegers) (one she never knew she had) and rescue him from drugs, turning tricks and gay porn. This mission will complete his requirements (post op) and give closure to the man who wants to become a woman. Hottie Kevin Zegers, plays gay and the con-artist role very well. He tries to seduce his mother/father as they road trip back to Bree's California. Along the way we meet Bree's family. Her mother played by Fionnula Hughes is cunning British acting gone wild. (But she plays it with an American accent.) We hear the theme song sung by Dolly Parton which adds to the this American road movie mystique. As their adventures ensue, some typical cookie cutter movie HIGH-jinks happen while some of their other adventures will surprise and delight the viewers. Kevin Zegers plays Toby and cements his place in American cinema along with Felicity Huffman. Some people will hate this movie but it's themes are real and we realize as we watch it, the word family can encompass many people- chosen or otherwise. If we open our hearts and our minds, we find people, however different they may be, just trying to survive in world created by someone else.Read full review
This movie screams for a sequel. Felicity Huffman plays a difficult, often socially disdained role but comes out smelling like a rose! One cannot help but sympathize (or even fall in love) with the character, "Bree Osborne," as she struggles for identity. What is eye-opening is that the secret plight of transexual individuals is revealed as the movie unfolds. Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanigan, Burt Young, Elisabeth Pena and Graham Greene all add to the icing on the cake in their various supporting roles. Music by David Mansfield adds just the right touch. A few of the scenes can be jarring to the unprepared viewer but they are necessary to strengthen the role that Huffman plays. There's subtle comedy mixed with bites of drama throughout giving it just the right balance. Huffman is magnificent because she is a genuine woman playing the role of a man who is undergoing the final stages of the metamorphosis into a woman. Nothing less can be said about the special voice Huffman developed and uses consistently to support her role; it took tremendous effort! Noticeably, a low budget movie but it still earns five stars!Read full review
It Shows the daily struggles of transgender persons and the dishonesty of women whom do not tell the real fathers of their pregnancy and the child borned. The movie is about a 17 year old boy whom was molested by the stepfather while growwing up and chose the wrong path after his mother dies. The boy chose the streets to suvive in this cruel world. The man chose to cross over into the wonderful world of female harmones. I'll never understand it but this movie allows me to see the pain and fustration of what one goes through. I have a cousin that has had the surgery and I try to understand why men want to be women(peiods and all) A real woman can either be a female or a lady. These people see the glamour of ladyship and not the sweat and blood that women have endured over the last centuries. They see the sissyness of wearing dresses and ect. and yet act so ladylike as if though in pretense. This character has no father instincts at all. I loved the movie.Read full review
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