Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/02/2005(USA
Release Date: 05/23/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Weinstein Company
The first film by
Duncan Tucker,
Transamerica stars
Felicity Huffman as a pre-operative transsexual named
Bree (whose given name was
Stanley). One week before going under the knife,
Bree learns that she fathered a boy who is now 17 and is in trouble with the law.
Bree would like to ignore this information, but is forced to meet the young man,
Toby (played by
Kevin Zegers), by her analyst
Margaret (
Elizabeth Peña), who will not allow the surgery to happen unless
Bree meets him and confronts this aspect of her past. Upon meeting, the son believes that
Bree is simply a do-gooder. She buys a car and the two road-trip back to her home in Los Angeles,
Bree all the while attempting to keep from
Toby the truth of the situation.
~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
;)
