Trantasia
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Movie Reviews of Trantasia
Movie Review: "Man, I feel like a woman"
Summary: 5 Stars
"Trantasia" is a fascinating documentary about the lives of MTFs (male-to-female) contestants in the first transgender beauty pageant in Las Vegas. The contestants give heartrending confessions about their lives before and during their transitions. Some have happily found male companionship, while others are still searching. One of the contestants is an African-American who's a very fervent Christian;she sees her transition as part of God's will, since God made her female, but originally in a male body.
"Trantasia" faces some difficult issues. Were these boys uncomfortable with their own bodies? Why? What led them to their transition? There is also a range of MTFs. Some MTFs remain attracted to the opposite sex, so they end up with women. In the documentary Southern Comfort,an FTM suffering from ovarian cancer finds companionship with an MTF. The women in this documentary struggle with their beliefs, and themselves. They see their suffering as a means of reaching out to others. One helps prostitutes get off the streets, another combats HIV/AIDS.
"Trantasia" is a pageant with food for thought.
Movie Review: A Remarkably Entertaining Documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
I was fortunate to see "Trantasia" in a packed theatre as part of Los Angeles' long running OUTFEST. When the lights came up at the end of the screening I remember saying: "This is 'Paris Is Burning' for a new generation!" Besides the obvious connection between the two documentaries, I believe they both successfully accomplish a similar goal: to educate the viewer about a particular sub-culture with humor, humanity, and intelligence. Besides laughing along with the participants thru the process of a Beauty Pageant, there are some remarkable backstory segments as some of the girls travel back home to visit with their families...but the moment when one of the beauty queen contestants said some homophobic comments took my breath away in it's utter rawness (and contradiction to the open-mindedness of a Transgendered Beauty Pageant!) Our audience was abuzz for almost a minute after his/her remark.
This film is outstanding and highly recommended! And for those of you out there (and you know who you are) who love to quote awesome lines of movie dialogue...get ready to fill your mind with more quotables than "Mommie Dearest!'
Movie Review: Trantasia...hmmmm
Summary: 5 Stars
I really liked the film and its documentary style. The production values were very good. The ladies were, for the most part, amazing to look at. As a transwoman, I was a bit envious of some of them. The personal interviews are what really made the film worthwhile. I personally found the pageant part to be typical and in some cases reinforced the notion that transwomen are overdone Barbi dolls or drag queens, which simply isn't the case. The interviews mostly proved otherwise and provided a sensitive look into the aspirations and dreams of these ladies to live their lives as the women they were born to be. Kudos overall!Movie Review: EXCELLENT FILM!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We loved this documentary!! Every minute was entertaining and intriguing. It was crazy interesting to hear each unique backstory of the girls and very touching as well. We also found ourselves laughing a lot... there is no shortage of humorous diva-like drama to compliment the touching and interesting sides of the movie. I had very little knowledge of this world and still deeply enjoyed it and would recommend checking it out.Movie Review: Hilarious & Heartwarming
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, it's inspiring. But Trantasia is surprising, cheeky and very, very funny.
Watch the girls hit the strip in Vegas and reduce grown men to excitement, bewilderment and just plain confusion.
It's a window into a very provocative and fascinating world. If you ever wondered why.....this movie has all the answers.