Transamerica
IFC Films | Release Date: December 2, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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60
Chicago ReaderMartin Rubin
An occasionally touching, more often clumsy variation on the formula of crusty oldster and problem child bonding on a road trip. The main reason to see it is "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman. Read full review
60
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
Pleasant even without reaching much of a destination, Transamerica leaves the basic impression that it's not as self-satisfied as it could have been. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Felicity Huffman is such a wonder, at once funny and brave, playing a pre-op male-to-female transsexual in the uneven comedy Transamerica that she sustains several lapses that might otherwise have sunk it. Read full review
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Never lets us forget that it's a nonmainstream story about a nonmainstream subject, when ideally, it should simply be a story about a person. The picture too often feels like a lesson in tolerance. Read full review
60
EmpireOlly Richards
This is actually a very middle-of-the-road movie. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
Like a preoperative transsexual, Transamerica is neither one thing nor the other. It yanks at the heartstrings too much to qualify as an edgy comedy-drama, but it's far too bawdy to make it to the Hallmark Channel. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Huffman intermittently rescues Transamerica from bathos with her brusque wit, swatting away the victimization elements that figure into most films about transsexuals. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
At its best, Transamerica made me laugh and feel for Bree. At its worst, it made me cringe at the potential creepiness of its central relationship. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Writer-director Duncan Tucker does little to develop his narrative setup beyond the basic and obvious, and his film begins to feel more like an exercise than a fully realized story. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
By the way, the other thing that keeps Transamerica from being a mainstream movie is its obsession with penises: showing them, talking about them, placing us in bathrooms and trailers when they're in use. Read full review
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