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Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewife) delivers an Oscar-nominated performance in this drama about a trans woman uniting with her son who...
Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewife) delivers an Oscar-nominated performance in this drama about a trans woman uniting with her son who she never knew existed.
Bree (Huffman) is eagerly awaiting the surgery to put a cherry on top of her transformation. One day she gets a phone call from Manhattan police. In their cells is her previously unknown son from a former relationship. Bree’s therapist withholds legal permission for surgery until she meets this 20 year old delinquent – Toby (Kevin Zegers). So she picks him up in NY and they road trip back to LA...
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77 %146 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
83 %68,086 reviewsAudience score rating
""Sideways" turns inside out in "Transamerica." Laugh-out-loud funny, tartly off-color and ultimately touching, this road movie involving the cross-country adventures of a persnickety transsexual, and the runaway street hustler son whose existence is news to her, reps a triumphantly genre-bending big-screen bow for writer-director Duncan Tucker..."
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Variety
Variety"The movie's soul is Huffman. Speaking in a low voice, her posture as stiff as her vocabulary, eyes a pool of sadness and hope, she turns this small, resonant film into a cry from the heart..."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A generous and intelligent performance from Huffman that she sets up the touching finale..."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"Despite its seemingly subversive plot, this is actually a very middle-of-the-road movie, worth seeing chiefly for an award-worthy performance..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"SOME TRULY INSPIRED TOUCHES..."
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BBC
BBCTransamerica | Details
Award winner- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Huffman), Golden Globes 2006 & Tribeca 2005
- Runtime
- 99
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
