Transamerica
2005 · 103 min · Director: Duncan Tucker
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Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status, bails Toby out of jail and tells him she will take him to Los Angeles, where Toby has aspirations of becoming a porn actor and reconnecting with his biological father. As Bree and Toby take their trans-American journey which includes some interesting encounters along the way, Bree has to decide what is best for Toby while having the foremost goal of making it back to Los Angeles for the scheduled surgery.
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Transamerica (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Sadness. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adventure. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Humor
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Humor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Empathy | 43 % | 40 % | 23 % | 13 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Tension | 43 % | 35 % | 21 % | 20 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Humor | 43 % | 31 % | 18 % | 35 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Humor | 43 % | 30 % | 15 % | 38 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Tension | 49 % | 36 % | 25 % | 25 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Tension | 55 % | 45 % | 39 % | 19 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Empathy | 50 % | 45 % | 35 % | 28 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Humor | 46 % | 39 % | 24 % | 39 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Humor | 45 % | 33 % | 19 % | 41 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Humor | 46 % | 35 % | 21 % | 36 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Tension | 51 % | 41 % | 24 % | 27 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Hope | 46 % | 40 % | 18 % | 21 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Hope | 46 % | 43 % | 20 % | 28 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Empathy | 55 % | 46 % | 29 % | 41 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Humor | 55 % | 43 % | 28 % | 46 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Tension | 59 % | 49 % | 35 % | 36 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Empathy | 73 % | 66 % | 57 % | 21 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Sadness | 74 % | 70 % | 64 % | 21 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Empathy | 55 % | 50 % | 38 % | 33 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Humor | 40 % | 30 % | 12 % | 37 % |
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Alex
Dr. Spikowsky
Fernando
Hitchhiker
Voice Coach
Phoenix Cop
Mary Ellen
Sergeant
Details
- Directed by
- Duncan Tucker
- Written by
- Duncan Tucker
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2005
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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