Overview
A heartwarming yet chaotic journey through the streets of Los Angeles during the holiday season.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- ferocious
- melancholic
- indie film night
- christmas eve viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly celebrated the film as a stylistically inventive, exuberant, and humane comedy-drama with striking transgender performances and vivid street-level energy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film was shot on an iPhone 5s, producing an exuberant, intimate, highly mobile portrait of Los Angeles streets.
Sin-Dee and Alexandra drive the story as fully realized friends navigating sex work, betrayal, and public space.
Slapping, arguing, and frantic pursuit give way to quiet, soft moments of friendship and vulnerability.
Sin-Dee's search for Chester and the women around him unfolds across Christmas Eve in a tightly bounded period.
Films like Tangerine, and why
The Florida Project
shared raw independent filmmaking, transgender protagonists, sex work setting, and emotionally abrasive but humane comedy
Tangerines
shared vibrant street-level realism, marginalized communities, friendship, and bittersweet humor
Go Fish
shared queer friendship, confrontational comedy, urban nightlife, and energetic visual style
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
shared provocative lgbtq+ subject matter, outsider protagonists, and abrasive underground comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Sean Baker
- Release Date
- 2015-07-10
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (834)
Cast
- Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
- Mya Taylor
- Karren Karagulian
- Mickey O'Hagan
- Alla Tumanian
- James Ransone
- Luiza Nersisyan
- Arsen Grigoryan
- Ian Edwards
- Scott Krinsky
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Tangerine about?
- On Christmas Eve in Los Angeles, a newly released sex worker turns her boyfriend’s betrayal into a furious, funny, and unexpectedly tender citywide search.
- What is Tangerine like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tangerine as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Tangerine violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Tangerine as mild.
- What did critics think of Tangerine?
- Critics broadly celebrated the film as a stylistically inventive, exuberant, and humane comedy-drama with striking transgender performances and vivid street-level energy.
- Which films are like Tangerine?
- Films with a similar feel include The Florida Project, Tangerines, Go Fish, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
- How long is Tangerine?
- Tangerine runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch Tangerine?
- In United States, Tangerine streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
