This movie is about a male to female trans-sexual and her troubled teenage son who drive together across the country, meeting assorted characters and getting in and out of a number of scrapes on the way to finding themselves - and each other.
Wait a minute... an LGBT-themed generation-gap 'road trip' movie? Haven't we been here before? For example, in 'Priscilla,' or 'To Wong Foo'? Well, yes. And frankly there isn't much here that is all that new. What 'Transamerica' does have going for it is some great performances. Other reviewers are rightly raving about the quality of Felicity Huffman's portrayal of the central figure. But I thought Kevin Zegers was no less striking as the teenager, and there are some good supporting turns as well, from the likes of Burt Young.
Good acting is always worth watching, so I'd recommend seeing this movie if you like this kind of thing. But the downside is that too many of the characters and situations are a little bit clichéd. It's nicely done, and its political message is subtly woven rather than rammed into your face. But at the end of the day, don't expect anything that you haven't seen before.
Wait a minute... an LGBT-themed generation-gap 'road trip' movie? Haven't we been here before? For example, in 'Priscilla,' or 'To Wong Foo'? Well, yes. And frankly there isn't much here that is all that new. What 'Transamerica' does have going for it is some great performances. Other reviewers are rightly raving about the quality of Felicity Huffman's portrayal of the central figure. But I thought Kevin Zegers was no less striking as the teenager, and there are some good supporting turns as well, from the likes of Burt Young.
Good acting is always worth watching, so I'd recommend seeing this movie if you like this kind of thing. But the downside is that too many of the characters and situations are a little bit clichéd. It's nicely done, and its political message is subtly woven rather than rammed into your face. But at the end of the day, don't expect anything that you haven't seen before.