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User Rating:
7.1/10   1,534 votes
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Director:

Jane Anderson

Writers (WGA):

Jane Anderson (play)
Jane Anderson (teleplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

14 April 2005 (Hungary) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

Love. Marriage. Acceptance. Sex change.

Plot:

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(6 articles)

Nellie McKay: Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day
 (From PasteMagazine. 12 October 2009, 6:00 AM, PDT)

Dolly Parton, Liza Minnelli to Spice Up Tonys
 (From The Insider. 7 June 2009, 9:21 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

A brilliant and brave film more (41 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Richard Bull ... Roy Sr. - Roy's Father
Mary Seibel ... Em - Roy's Mother
Danny Goldring ... Church Friend Pete

Jessica Lange ... Irma Applewood

Tom Wilkinson ... Roy 'Ruth' Applewood

Hayden Panettiere ... Patty Ann Applewood
Randall Arney ... Reverend Dale Muncie
Rich Komenich ... Co-Worker Bob
Kirk Anderson ... Machinist
Christian Ambrose ... Band Member #1
Joe Foust ... Roadie #1
Sean Rice ... Band Member #2
Mickey Tuman ... Roadie #2

Joseph Sikora ... Wayne Applewood (as Joe Sikora)

Clancy Brown ... Frank
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Additional Details

Runtime:

110 min | Argentina:113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


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Trivia:

The John Deare tractor company refused to have anything to do with the film. This was not so much to do with the fact that the character of Roy is sexually conflicted; instead they took exception to a scene in which Roy gets roughed up at work. The company didn't want to be associated in any way with worker-related violence. more

Quotes:

[last lines]
Irma: Sweet Roy. Sweet soul. What we do for love.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

Home for the Holidays more


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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A brilliant and brave film, 3 October 2003
8/10
Author: rps-2 from Bracebridge Ont

This is a disturbing movie, one not easy to watch. Much more than the formula driven "dysfunction of the month" movie, this tackles a very real medical and sexual problem. It does so candidly and honestly, even using humour in several scenes. Yet it takes neither cheap nor trivial shots and never fails to show deep respect for the problem and for the characters affected by it. It must have been a hard sell to the producers, a movie delving into (and under) a subject that is little understood, which has small public sympathy and which is deeply disturbing to both men and women viewers. Yet it's encouraging that all the comments I read here on IMdb were similar to mine. There was nothing negative. I gave it an 8 rather than a 10 only because Jessica Lange may have been just too much of a saint. Yet who knows what any of us would do if confronted with such a situation in our own marriages. It sparked a good discussion between my wife and I. Any movie that gets you thinking and talking is a good movie.

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