Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale Review

Distributor: Michelle Austin Films / VIP Digital Media Edition Details: Standard DVD Movie Specs: Genres: Feature Film, Transgender Run Time: 108 minutes Rated: XXX Release Year: 2017 Director: Roald Blunt Written by: Michelle Austin, Eddie Wood, Shiri Trap Cast: Michelle Austin, Eddie Wood, Shiri Trap Release Specs: Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: none Video: Widescreen, 1.78:1 (anamorphic) Video Format: NTSC Format: DVD-R Regional Code (for DVD/Blu-ray): 0 (All) Number of discs: 1

Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale is a transgender adult feature movie with a story that focuses on family play — a concept that this reviewer has never seen before. There are good aspects to Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale and there are bad aspects. Each viewer will have to decide whether the good aspects outweigh the bad aspects of vice versa.

The story for Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale is well conceived. The story focuses on Michelle Austin's step-children, who haven't been behaving very well while their father has been away. Austin has cut their allowance, so the siblings have turned to doing cam shows together for extra cash; and everyone in the family has been repressing sexual feelings for each other. The story concept works well for the material that is presented in the movie.

This brings us to the big negative aspect of the movie. The plot is way too rushed. In this reviewer's opinion, movies that focus on family play need well-established characters. The eroticism comes out of the taboo nature of inter-family relations. For this to come across on the screen, the movie needs well-established characters. Unfortunately, Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale has a lean plot structure, which mostly serves to move the movie from sex scene to sex scene that never allows us to actually get to know the characters or the family dynamics.

However, it is hard to come down on Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale for this since the issue is pervasive throughout many family play oriented adult movies being produced these days. As more emphasis has been placed on the sex scenes and less and less on character development in the adult industry, family play movies, in general, have been having problems with the family dynamic portions of the movie. Another, far lesser issue, that hits the movie is that Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale takes the cop out that many family play movies take in modern times with step-parents instead of actual parents. How much this affects your viewing will depend on how much this cop-out bothers you the viewer.

As far as what Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale is, it isn't bad. Additional plotted portions and better-developed characters and family dynamics would have helped the movie a lot. However, for a movie that had a lot of improvised lines and sounds like it was put together over the course of a weekend, Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale isn't bad. The cast does a good job with their roles. Michelle Austin seems to be having a lot of fun playing the MILF role in the movie and Eddie Wood and Shiri Trap play a good brother and sister combination. The sex scenes are well done and the participants seem to be enjoying themselves. Some of the sex scenes seem a little forced into the movie but that is common in adult movies.

Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale isn't perfect, however, it is still fun to watch. The cast makes up for the shortcomings in the movie and if you are a fan of the genre, you won't be upset that you watched the movie.

Michelle Austin Films and VIP Digital Media have done a good job with their DVD release of Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale. Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale was shot digitally in 4K and is presented in the anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1 in 480i. The video quality looks nice with no blemishes whatsoever in the image. The colors in the movie look nice.

Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale is presented with an English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio track. The dialog in the movie is clear and can be heard at all times. There is a noticeable hiss throughout the movie, however, it doesn't ruin the viewing experience.

Michelle Austin Films and VIP Digital Media have included a few extras on this release. There is a behind the scenes piece that runs for roughly a minute. There are interviews with the cast, which is a great feature that talks about the making of the movie, that runs for ten minutes. There is also a photo gallery included on the release.

Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale is an adult feature transgender incestuous family relations movie that features a good cast but could have used a more developed story and better-developed characters. Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale is worth watching for fans of the genre. Michelle Austin Films and VIP Digital Media have done a nice job with their DVD release of Transcest: An Unreal Family Tale with good audio and video quality.

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