Summary
For a film about a preoperative transsexual, Transamerica turns out to be a pretty easy ride. It's funny, never lectures and gives us a chance to see surely everyone's favourite desperate housewife, Felicity Huffman, in what can only be described as a startling new light.
She plays Sabrina, who was born Stanley but now prefers to be known as Bree and who, as the film gets under way, is about to bid farewell to the last vestiges of manhood altogether.See the full content of this document
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Gender Blender
But before her much-awaited date with the surgeon, her preoperative counsellor has to make sure Bree is fully psychologically prepared.
'How do you feel about your penis?' the woman asks, full of genital concern.'It disgusts me. I don't even like looking at it,' replies Bree in a deep, husky monotone that stubborn...See the full content of this document
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