On the Big Board |
| Position |
Staff |
In Brief |
| 64/85 |
Kim Hollis |
Felicity Huffman is indeed great. The film, however, is not. |
| 112/166 |
David Mumpower |
A transcendent performance by BOP fave Felicity Huffman is not enough to ignore the limitations of the film's constant melodrama. The family scenes at the end are engaging, though. |
There is unusual, there is quirky and then there is flat-out weird. I will leave it to you, the reader, to decide how you categorize this production.
Transamerica is the story of a disaffected youth who survives on the mean streets of New York City by hustling. So far, it sounds pretty normal, right? The catch is that the young man is a runaway seeking to be reunited with the father he has never known. The twist is that said period is what is scientifically described as a post-operative transsexual. That's right, the boy's daddy is now a mommy. Doesn't this sound like the makings of an ABC After School Special?
BOP fave Felicity Huffman has been cast in the tricky role of Bree, a gender confused woman who was born a man. During the time prior to her surgery, the former man had a relationship with a woman. Unbeknownst to him, he fathered a child in that prior life. The movie will examine the fallout from the introduction of a troubled son into the life of a transsexual. As such, it will focus on gender identity issues and the difficulty in defining the nature of parenthood.
Kevin Zegers, last seen slaying zombies in the Dawn of the Dead re-make, will portray the young man seeking a father who comes to realize he instead has two mothers. (David Mumpower/BOP)
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