| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Huffman gives a transcendent performance." more... |
B+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"Actress engenders dignity and inspiration." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"There is a quiet strain of humor throughout Transamerica, but this is not so much a comedy as an observation about human nature." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"Though I admired Huffman, I didn't care a whole lot for Transamerica." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"There hasn't been this much gender confusion since Victor/Victoria -- and we're loving it." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...Transamerica plays heavily on the multiple implications of the title." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...crushingly dull..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"It's as if someone came up with the title pun first, then laboriously scribbled a movie around it." more... |
C |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"Transamerica itself does not always live up to its star, but it is touching and sometimes funny, despite its overall air of indie earnestness." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"As much heralded, 'edgy' movies go, Transamerica fails to live up to expectations." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...the movie's soul is with Huffman." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"The film's tap dance around the political and social issues a transsexual faces are tossed aside in favor of compact, neatly tied together simplicity." more... |
B- |
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