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Transformer

In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender.

Director

Michael Del Monte

Year

Genre

documentary, comedy, crime

Box Office

N/A

Production

Storystream Creative

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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[instrumental music] - Transformer

[instrumental music]

[Matt] How am I ever gonna
find peace being
comfortable in my own skin? - Transformer

[Matt] How am I ever gonna find peace being comfortable in...

The truth is, it's
taking everything I've got
as a man to become a woman - Transformer

The truth is, it's taking everything I've got a...

[exhaling sharply] - Transformer

[exhaling sharply]

From as far back
as I can remember,
I've had two desires. - Transformer

From as far back as I can remember, I've had two des...

Some of these are my dad's old
photos when he was a kid. - Transformer

Some of these are my dad's old photos when he was a kid...

That's the trailer I grew up in. - Transformer

That's the trailer I grew up in.

[chuckles] - Transformer

I get him a book
by Arnold Schwarzenegger - Transformer

I get him a book by Arnold Schwarzenegger

And I told him, I says:
"Well, you do everything
that Arnold did - Transformer

And I told him, I says: "Well, you do everything that A...

[upbeat music] - Transformer

The harder I pushed the weights,
the bigger and stronger I got,
the better I felt. - Transformer

The harder I pushed the weights, the bigger and stronger I g...

On our games days,
the guys would wear
their jerseys and then - Transformer

On our games days, the guys would wear their jerseys and the...

And me, I'd be sitting there
in class with my jersey on
and I'd be looking at them - Transformer

And me, I'd be sitting there in class with my jersey on...

That it's never
been out of my mind - Transformer

That it's never been out of my mind

It was something you just - Transformer

It was something you just

Part of my reason for
joining the Marines was - Transformer

Part of my reason for joining the Marines was

And it was
another way to push
the feminine feelings down - Transformer

And it was another way to push the feminine feelings down

If there was any period
in my life I really
overdid the macho thing, - Transformer

If there was any period in my life I really overdid the mach...

[announcer]
Grabbed this championship, - Transformer

[announcer] Grabbed this championship,

It makes the odds of running
into trouble in that way
much, much lower. - Transformer

It makes the odds of running into trouble in that way much, ...

[audience applauding] - Transformer

[audience applauding]

Feeling less than everyone else, - Transformer

Feeling less than everyone else,

[cheers and applause] - Transformer

[cheers and applause]

And while the marriage didn't
last, my three sons - Transformer

And while the marriage didn't last, my three sons

[Matt] It didn't matter if
I was lying down for bed,
I was thinking about lifting. - Transformer

[Matt] It didn't matter if I was lying down for bed, I ...

You know, I'd be sitting
in pharmacy school during
lectures and, hum, you know, - Transformer

You know, I'd be sitting in pharmacy school during lect...

[exhaling sharply] - Transformer

[exhaling sharply]

[exhaling sharply] - Transformer

[exhaling sharply]

[screams] - Transformer

I was the first powerlifter
picked by a major
supplement company. - Transformer

I was the first powerlifter picked by a major supplement com...

I was the crazy guy,
the tough guy,
the intense guy, - Transformer

I was the crazy guy, the tough guy, the intense guy,

[drumroll buildup] - Transformer

[drumroll buildup]

Compared to everyone my size,
I was the strongest man
on the planet. - Transformer

Compared to everyone my size, I was the strongest man on the...

[electronic music] - Transformer

[electronic music]

And I didn't know if
there was anything about
me that was authentic. - Transformer

And I didn't know if there was anything about me that w...

My family had known for years
that I was transgender, - Transformer

My family had known for years that I was transgender,

More than once I have gotten
dressed up and broke down crying - Transformer

More than once I have gotten dressed up and broke down cryin...

[LuiMarco] What's up, everybody?
What you are looking at are - Transformer

[LuiMarco] What's up, everybody? What you are looking ...

[Matt] When that video went
public, I decided it was
time to stop hiding. - Transformer

[Matt] When that video went public, I decided it was time to...

If my story was gonna be told,
I wanted to be the one
who was going to tell it. - Transformer

If my story was gonna be told, I wanted to be the one who wa...

Alright, well, we're here
today with a very special guest. - Transformer

Alright, well, we're here today with a very special gue...

We're here with Janae Kroc, - Transformer

We're here with Janae Kroc,

Uhm, this isn't what I wanted.
This was never a choice.
You know, this is like... - Transformer

Uhm, this isn't what I wanted. This was never a choice....

It's either this or be
miserable, you know, forever,
and, uhm... - Transformer

It's either this or be miserable, you know, forever, an...

You know, at one point it drove
me to consider suicide, and - Transformer

You know, at one point it drove me to consider suicide, and

Testicular cancer, ironically,
and I remember thinking, - Transformer

Testicular cancer, ironically, and I remember thinking,

That's how overwhelming - Transformer

That's how overwhelming

You're very physical, I mean, - Transformer

You're very physical, I mean,

Yeah, and thank you.
[chuckles] - Transformer

Yeah, and thank you. [chuckles]

[Janae] The hardest thing
with my failed - Transformer

[Janae] The hardest thing with my failed

They're a hundred percent
supportive. I mean, they've
been telling me for years, - Transformer

They're a hundred percent supportive. I mean, they'...

You know, and for them to say,
"Hey, go do your thing" - Transformer

You know, and for them to say, "Hey, go do your thing&q...

[electronic music] - Transformer

[electronic music]

[Matt] At first, you know,
the attempt to transition
was just - Transformer

[Matt] At first, you know, the attempt to transition was jus...

In my most recent attempt
last year, I had dropped
my lifting weight back - Transformer

In my most recent attempt last year, I had dropped my liftin...

After that, I came back, and
I got bigger than I'd ever been. - Transformer

After that, I came back, and I got bigger than I'd ever...

For me, to be the woman that
I want to be in appearance - Transformer

For me, to be the woman that I want to be in appearance

I don't think I am comfortable
as an extremely muscular woman, - Transformer

I don't think I am comfortable as an extremely muscular...

Garret, can you do it today? - Transformer

Garret, can you do it today?

Tonight, I'm gonna go out
to a club and stay out.
You guys wanna come? - Transformer

Tonight, I'm gonna go out to a club and stay out. You g...

[laughter] - Transformer

-I don't know.
-I know, that... [chuckles] - Transformer

-I don't know. -I know, that... [chuckles]

It was running really smooth,
but then it was bogging when
I'd open all the way up, - Transformer

It was running really smooth, but then it was bogging when I...

So basically,
I'm going into each one of
these little cells, and... - Transformer

So basically, I'm going into each one of these little c...

OK, so do you... OK, what
don't you understand, Maxx?
What does the spark mean? - Transformer

OK, so do you... OK, what don't you understand, Maxx? W...

-I explained to you like
the compression stroke, right?
-No, like, just everything. - Transformer

-I explained to you like the compression stroke, right? -No,...

-[Garrett] Yeah, I am.
-[Maxx] Dad, I only get like - Transformer

-[Garrett] Yeah, I am. -[Maxx] Dad, I only get like

I was like,
"What's spark?" - Transformer

I was like, "What's spark?"

I told them about being a girl
when they were two, four,
and six. - Transformer

I told them about being a girl when they were two, four, and...

[water splashing] - Transformer

[water splashing]

[laughter] - Transformer

[indistinct] - Transformer

[laughs] - Transformer

[all screaming and laughing] - Transformer

[all screaming and laughing]

I might try
that on and see - Transformer

I might try that on and see

Nah, it's a little bit burly.
Don't think I really like the
way it hangs on my body. - Transformer

Nah, it's a little bit burly. Don't think I really...

Yes, that should work for
the white theme and...
And wear these boots with them. - Transformer

Yes, that should work for the white theme and... And wear th...

Clothes aren't designed very
well for me and especially,
being as big as I am. - Transformer

Clothes aren't designed very well for me and especially...

So we go through the same thing,
like when a girl starts - Transformer

So we go through the same thing, like when a girl starts

Huh? Yeah, it's mine. - Transformer

Huh? Yeah, it's mine.

[boys talking
in the background] - Transformer

[boys talking in the background]

-[Garrett] Oh! Aaron Black.
-[Maxx] No, no. Dude,
I'm not gonna play with you. - Transformer

-[Garrett] Oh! Aaron Black. -[Maxx] No, no. Dude, I'm n...

People can say whatever,
but the only thing that
do frustrate me is - Transformer

People can say whatever, but the only thing that do frustrat...

You know, horrible that is.
How can you do that to your
boys" and stuff like that. - Transformer

You know, horrible that is. How can you do that to your boys...

It's like, "You know what?
Screw you guys. You have no
idea what our life is like." - Transformer

It's like, "You know what? Screw you guys. You hav...

You know, that it's somehow
a horrible thing and somehow
it's difficult for them. - Transformer

You know, that it's somehow a horrible thing and someho...

But really, it's been a good
thing because it's
allowed them realize, - Transformer

But really, it's been a good thing because it's al...

Well, yeah, because I didn't
want you guys to have
to deal with a lot of BS. - Transformer

Well, yeah, because I didn't want you guys to have to d...

Who cares about what other
people say or, you know, tell
you can't do this or that. - Transformer

Who cares about what other people say or, you know, tell you...

Transformer poster

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In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Michael Del Monte

Writer: Michael Del Monte, Samuel Fussell, Paul Kemp

Production: Storystream Creative

Genre: documentary, comedy, crime

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 12 Sep 2018

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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