Transamerica Reviews

To be honest, before watching the damned thing, I had some doubts about this flick. Indeed,  in my opinion, a guy would have been actually better suited to play the lead part. However, I have to admit it, within 5 minutes, I was totally convinced by Felicity Huffman. Indeed, not only did she look completely different but her performance was really impressive including body language, voice, emotions,... I must admit that Kevin Zegers was also pretty good. I did see before a few movies starring this guy ('Zoom', 'It's a Boy Girl Thing') and they were just terrible so it was quite refreshing to see him giving a good performance in a good movie. Unfortunately, even if those two actors were fine, the story itself was not really strong. Indeed, they went for the road-movie genre which is always the easy way to make two characters not acquainted to learn each other but it is also a very old gimmick. Indeed, on the road, they meet some nice people, some not so nice people, at first, they can't stand each other but slowly, they get a bond and at the end, they want to stay together forever. I mean, sure, it was decent enough but it was still so full of clichés and so predictable. Still, those two characters were really interesting and they were just spellbinding to watch. To conclude, even if the whole road-movie thing was not really impressive, thanks to the actors involved (especially Felicity Huffman), it was still an interesting watch and it is definitely worth a look.

This is a terrific movie. The visuals are great and the acting is pretty good, too. The best part is the journey that a father and son make across the country from New York to LA. It's wonderful.

The film uses a lot of cliches, but it uses them in a way that's interesting and original. It plays off of stereotypes and turns them inside out.

It's funny how many people talk about "family values" as if it means a man, a woman and their kids. This movie had true family values, if the term is even a valid one. Family values as presented here are about accepting the ones you love for who they are.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!