Southern Comfort

Name: Southern Comfort
Genre: Documentary
Released: February 23, 2001
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 78

2001

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HBO Theatrical Documentary | Release Date: February 23, 2001

Summary: Against the backdrop of rural Georgia, this documentary is a portrait of Robert Eads, a transgender female-to-male dealing with ovarian cancer.

Director: Kate Davis

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 90 min

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Owen Gleiberman

The film defuses all preconceptions about the ''issues'' of transsexual identity to arrive at a place of tremulous human power. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Less grim than it sounds, Southern Comfort ends on a note of triumph for its endearing, gender-bending hero.

Amy Taubin

Eads's wit, generosity, insight, and courage are irresistible. Read full review

Film.com Sean Means

Works so beautifully because Davis doesn't try to turn Eads and his friends into walking soapboxes for transgendered people.

David Sterritt

This capably made HBO documentary takes an understated and compassionate look at a subject that is often sensationalized in other contexts. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Fascinating documentary. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Southern Comfort sent shock waves through this year's Sundance Film Festival, even though it is as much about generosity and courage and tolerance as it is about a potentially discomforting subject. Read full review

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AdamA

Sep 25, 2005

This is a courageous, poignant, groundbreaking film. Through the filmmaker's lens, we see the shockingly ordinary humanity of a misunderstood and oppressed population. The film might have benefited from interviews with self-proclaimed "religious fundamentalists," whose vitriol toward This is a courageous, poignant, groundbreaking film. Through the filmmaker's lens, we see the shockingly ordinary humanity of a misunderstood and oppressed population. The film might have benefited from interviews with self-proclaimed "religious fundamentalists," whose vitriol toward simple, good-hearted folks would present an enlightening contrast.… Expand

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