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Transamerica

2005 · 103 min · Director: Duncan Tucker ★ IMDb 7.3 · 43,511 ratings

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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

25%Humor
  1. Humor25%
  2. Hope15%
  3. Love10%

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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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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Dominant emotion

Intensity rises around 78 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy43 %40 %23 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension43 %35 %21 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %31 %18 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor43 %30 %15 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension49 %36 %25 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension55 %45 %39 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Empathy50 %45 %35 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor46 %39 %24 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Humor45 %33 %19 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Humor46 %35 %21 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension51 %41 %24 %27 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Hope46 %40 %18 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Hope46 %43 %20 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Empathy55 %46 %29 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Humor55 %43 %28 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension59 %49 %35 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Empathy73 %66 %57 %21 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Sadness74 %70 %64 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Empathy55 %50 %38 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Humor40 %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

Felicity Huffman

Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne / Stanley Schupak

Kevin Zegers

Toby Wilkins

Burt Young

Murray Schupak

Carrie Preston

Sydney Schupak

Elizabeth Peña

Margaret

Graham Greene

Calvin Many Goats

VE
Venida Evans

Arletty

JB
Jon Budinoff

Alex

Raynor Scheine

Bobby Jensen

DB
Danny Burstein

Dr. Spikowsky

MO
Maurice Orozco

Fernando

SM
Stella Maeve

Taylor

TD
Teala Dunn

Little Girl

GM
Grant Monohon

Hitchhiker

PB
Paul Borghese

New York City Cop

AJ
Andrea James

Voice Coach

AP
Amy Povich

Phoenix Cop

BL
Bianca Leigh

Mary Ellen

CB
Craig Bockhorn

Sergeant

Details

Directed by
Duncan Tucker
Written by
Duncan Tucker
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 43,511 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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