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Transamerica

[2005, Movie]

Transamerica: Review

Father with a figure: Felicity Huffman (r) with Kevin Zegers

Writer-director Duncan Taylor's debut feature is a flawed but nevertheless endearing father-son road trip with a distinctive twist: Dad is a pre-op transsexual who's one cut away from becoming a woman, while sonny boy is a crank-addicted, underage male prostitute who has no idea that the "woman" behind the wheel is actually his father. Having finally saved enough money working two jobs in L.A., cross-dressing, estrogen-enhanced Stanley Chopak (Desperate Housewives' wonderful ... read more

Transamerica: TV Guide News

Ask Matt | 6/26/2006
The Oscar voters seem to go out of their way to nominate the 'little guys.' Felicity Huffman was nomina read more
FlickChick | 3/30/2006
Why are actresses playing transsexuals in movies lately? First Felicity Huffman and now possibly read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/17/2006
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FlickChick | 3/2/2006
Why are there only three songs nominated this year, and has that ever happened before? The reason has to do w read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/31/2006
Nominations for the 78th annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, and leading the herd was ? yep ? Brok read more