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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1   "Tucker's screenplay is sharp but also sensitive, so the ample good humour never drifts into high camp (apart from the scenes with Bree's mother - and SHE is straight)."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel "Not very exciting, but unexpected humor adds a couple of nice touches to this dysfunctional family/gender-bender/road trip movie."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2/5 "a crushingly dull film which practically hides Huffman's breakthrough performance behind a wall of Indie Screenwriting 101 clichés."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti 3/4 "Huffman and Zegers make Transamerica a road trip worth taking."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth C "Too clumsily handled to mean much."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Won't be winning any awards for originality or visionary achievement, but in its own small, sweet way, the film—and Felicity Huffman—win you over."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman A "The strongest American debut since Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens 3/5 "La sorprendente composición de Felicity Huffman es el principal atractivo de esta road movie agridulce."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "Surprisingly centered and calm, neither exploiting the story's sensational aspects nor ignoring them. It finds comedy and drama in the same places, often at the same time."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "A big part of the movie's success is Huffman's irresistible and remarkable performance as Bree, a character we identify with rather than feel alienated by."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. B+ "The film's triumph is that it's ultimately much more than a stunt--despite occasional missteps, it's mostly a sweet, penetrating, funny and intensely human story."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A love story about two outsiders and their journey across America in search of self-respect and love."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat C "Issues of gender differrence are employed only to reinforce less original dilemmas -- family dysfunction, dating woes and (eek) meeting the grandparents."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 2.5/4 "Huffman's performance redeems parts of the movie but, until the final 30 minutes, Transamerica too often feels like a journey to nowhere."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Circumvents treacly lessons in tolerance and rewards itself with the resonance of re-birth and second chances."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "TransAmerica is a road movie with a transexual twist, but it pretty much leaves it at that."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen B- "Huffman's biggest achievement comes from maintaining her character's dignity and finding the necessary emotional tone that prevents Transamerica from sinking"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit "Life goes on, and for Bree, life goes on as a woman filled with hope and spirit. Those willing to take the trip with her should arrive at the same destination."   Light Views   John Larsen "I was watching the real Felicity Huffman, but had no idea."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "Transamerica is essentially a one-trick pony. And the trick is not captivating enough to make up for its clichés, its sledgehammer direction and its cut-and-paste writing."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 5/5 "Not neat, nor tidy; a road trip-redemption movie you've never seen before.* It's really beautiful, - I hope it gives people a reason to love and tolerate where they never might have before."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B "...may not be a revolutionary film in the vein of "The Crying Game" or "Boys Don't Cry," but it works as a road trip dramedy with a twist..."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 7/10 "This is a very human story and not nearly as pat as it might have been."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 2/4 "Transamerica is To Wong Foo but with a pre-op tranny protagonist and a strained parent-child dynamic."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "An unnerving honestly infuses this film, from its near-documentary visual style to the gritty truthfulness of the performances."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "Comfort food for a comfortable audience, with the TV-familiar Huffman reassuring viewers that she's really a real woman underneath that unflattering make-up."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "Despite the dullness of the main character, there are enough other interesting characters and plot developments to make the story compelling."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C+ "[Felicity] Huffman is on my long list for award note come the end of the year."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 9/10 "A collision of adult sexual contradictions and teenage sexual survival filled with sensitivity, respect and, above all, humor."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson "Transamerica, the feature debut of writer-director Duncan Tucker, never lets us forget that it's a nonmainstream story about a nonmainstream subject, when ideally, it should simply be a story about a person."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Felicity Huffman astonishes with her skill, her dignity, her bravura style and her knockout performance."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2/4 "It's not satirical irony when you do it with such overwrought vinegar that it becomes ugly and mean-spirited."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/5 Read review   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1