Life is more than the sum of its parts.

Stanley (Felicity Huffman) is about to have a male-to-female sex change operation when he finds out that he has a teenage son (Kevin Zegers) who’s been getting into a lot of trouble. This film tries to show a mainstream audience what it means to be a transsexual in the context of a road movie, but that’s also one reason why it becomes rather conventional. The movie is slick, has a sense of humor and plenty of emotions, but it isn’t exactly profound and Fionnula Flanagan’s performance is unconvincingly broad. Still, Huffman is amazingly believable as a man in hiding and the makeup cleverly accentuates (or creates) masculine features.

2005-U.S. 103 min. Color. Produced by René Bastian, Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran. Written and directed by Duncan Tucker. Song: “Travelin’ Thru” (Dolly Parton). Cast: Felicity Huffman (Stanley/Bree Osbourne), Kevin Zegers (Toby), Fionnula Flanagan (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Peña, Graham Greene, Burt Young.

Golden Globe: Best Actress (Huffman).

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Published 2010-02-08 18:10