Too much of everything

The Age of Commercialism

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Blistering performances.

The movie explored the lifestyle of a transsexual and the discrimination they have to suffer through. The only thing that really confused me was the difference between a transvestite and a transgendered person. Because in the beginning the main character seems to be fine with being a man during the day, and a woman at night - however gradually see that more of his time is dedicated to being a woman and less a man. I thought the main character's acting was great since it must have been such a difficult role to play. He was a beautiful man which made it easier as an audience to watch him transform into a woman and sympathize over his situation. What I found really interesting was how the sex was performed differently, at first when he is having sex as a man he is aggressive and wild however he is not satisfied. When he confesses that he is a transvestite, the sex is completely different - he is having sex in a more sweet, slow, girly way. That had a great impact on me when I was watching the movie.When we see her (?) walking into the office building, near the end I thought I had figured out the ending completely. I thought that he was going to walk in and let everyone know who he was, but the slight twist was very interesting and caught my attention until the very end. It was a bit corny at times but it was definitely a great movie to open up your thoughts on transvestites/transgendered people.

This movie well describe the the struggle of the people who have sexual matter. While he has a realistic position as a man in society, he feel uncomfortable because he is cross-dressing. He could not reveal the fact to anyone and even his husband. No one around him expect he has such matter, and understand what it is.We often make fun of friends with the sexual jokes with no sense of guilty, but someone would been hurt by such words. This movie make us pay attention to the fact. The sexual matter is a naive, so lots of people are still not open, but the thing does not enough take account in public. the media also omit the problem. However, this movie suggest us to the formative position.

With this topic, it is so easy to take cheap shots. You know, the guy with hairy legs trying to look like Marilyn Monroe. Not here -- Adrian Pasdar does a superb job of making Gerald a REAL person, someone you care deeply about, and as a result you feel for his plight trying to live both as Gerald and Geraldine. Not only that, but as Geraldine, he looks HOT! And the chemistry between him and Julie Walters is electric. These are two characters who feel love for one another, and it comes through even when they simply look at each other over the breakfast table. Even the potentially cheesy sub-story line of corporate takeovers is believable, and you find yourself cheering at the end! At least I did!

This one took me by surprise because i had often been disappointed by Adrian Pasdar in the past, but he caught the perfect balance in this performance, avoiding both farce and pathos while delivering humour and real emotions. The always-wonderful Julie Waters is terrific here, and anyone who has not yet scene her in 1983's Educating Rita should rent it immediately (marvelous film). The rest of the supporting characters are well-played as well, many marvelously eccentric without going over the top. This one is fun.