Transamerica - Reaction

A quality movie about family: a mother and son meet for the first time and bond during the course of a cross-country road trip. Sure, the "mother" is actually the transsexual father going through gender reassignment but, although it's constantly in the foreground, the gender issues aren't really the point. There are a few funny scenes but not so many as to dilute the focus of the movie from the dramatic. The complex characters (especially Bree) are played effortlessly; one doesn't notice they didn't cast a real transsexual in the role.