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Huffman is brave, funny, foolish, touching in 'Transamerica'
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

In "Transamerica," Felicity Huffman out-Victor/Victorias Julie Andrews in "Victor/Victoria." Whereas Andrews played a woman pretending to be a man who was a female impersonator, Huffman plays a man who is in the process of becoming a woman (a woman playing a man who is, on the inside, a woman). Got that? Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Bree is a conservative transsexual woman who takes an unexpected journey when she learns that when she was a he, she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. She flies to New York to bail Toby out of jail and offers him a ride cross-country, secretly plotting to abandon him with the stepfather he ran away from.

FILM FACTS ...

The Weinstein Company

'Transamerica'

Director: Duncan Tucker
Starring: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Graham Greene, Elizabeth Pena
Run time: 103 minutes
Release date: Dec. 23, 2005
Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, language and drug use.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"Huffman ... transcends the stunt aspect of the character. She shows us someone who's brave, funny, foolish, touching and, most of all, a survivor."

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Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"As a road movie, Transamerica is a middle-achiever, its episodes just varied enough to keep us from losing interest. The film's real asset is Huffman's performance."