Tangerine

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Tangerine

R

Released Jul 10, 2015

1h 27m

Comedy

Drama

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After hearing that her boyfriend/pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a transgender sex worker and her best friend set out to find him and teach him and his new lover a lesson.

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Critics Consensus

Tangerine shatters casting conventions and its filmmaking techniques are up-to-the-minute, but it's an old-fashioned comedy at heart -- and a pretty wonderful one at that.

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Andrea Thompson

Chicago Reader

Their bond is largely what transforms another depressing Christmas in LA into a riotous adventure, even as it includes brothels, infidelity, meth, and kidnapping.

Jun 21, 2023

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Morgan Collado

Autostraddle

I enjoyed it... But the way it's set up, how it's shot, the progression of the plot - it's clear that it is offering up the story to a mostly white, bougie audience. It was voyeuristic in the worst possible way.

Aug 13, 2021

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Mey Rude

Autostraddle

Most of the movie's slow-burning heat comes from Mya Taylor's amazingly deep and deliberate - and often uproariously comedic - performance as Alexandra

Aug 13, 2021

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Jordan Brooks

Vague Visages

Baker’s film is a heartfelt rush to the head that extends across racial, sexual, gender and social boundaries.

Aug 1, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Tangerine unostentatiously celebrates fluidity, community, support and is generally quite hearteningly right-on...

Jan 23, 2023

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Kat Hughes

THN

From a technical standard point, Tangerine is a marvel. Baker’s filmmaking style pioneered modern indie film-making.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 19, 2022

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Dave S

About 10 seconds into Tangerine, I put things on pause and Googled “is Tangerine a high school media arts project shot on an iPhone?” Turns out the iPhone part was correct – the rest, not so much. Once you get past the weird aesthetic, the erratic editing, the distracting score, some weird shot selections, and director Sean Baker’s odd obsession with sex trade workers, you come to realize that there is a point to all the mayhem thanks to some really smart dialogue and characters who turn out to be more vulnerable than they first appear to be. Is it all worth the journey? Maybe. Maybe not. But at least it makes the effort.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/25

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Hilda G.

If your a former meth addict and get triggered by paraphernalia don’t watch this!! But besides that it’s a funny skit.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/16/25

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John F

Better than Anora imo. Gritty and honest yet never exploits its subjects. All the more incredible that Baker shot this completely on his phone.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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Hao Ian L

Tangerine is a series of unpredictable events, each one even more unhinged and hilarious than the last, culminating in a surprisingly warm and humanistic portrait of friendship, survival, and dignity in the margins of society. The unexpected highlight from this, however, is the impressive and commendable indie filmmaking approach from one talented Sean Baker.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/09/25

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PL W

Just don’t waste your time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Jay W

So funny and real. I just don’t understand the ‘white gangster’ trope, very unnecessary character to the plot.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Synopsis

After hearing that her boyfriend/pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a transgender sex worker and her best friend set out to find him and teach him and his new lover a lesson.

Director: Sean Baker
Producer: Sean Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou
Screenwriter: Sean Baker
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Duplass Brothers, Through Films
Rating: R (Drug Use|Disturbing Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Language Throughout|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 10, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $701.8K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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