The Eyes of Tammy Faye
From the 1960's to the 1980's, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.
- Released: 2021-09-17
- Runtime: 126 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mark Wystrach, Sam Jaeger, Louis Cancelmi, Gabriel Olds, Fredric Lehne, Chandler Head, Jay Huguley, Dan Johnson, Michael MacCauley, Grant Owens, Coley Campany, Craig Newkirk, Wes Jetton, Jess Weixler, Maurie Speed, Lindsay Ayliffe, Julie P. Tuggle, Kimberly Ann Parker, Dana Marks, Alan Boell, Randy Havens, Lila Jane Meadows, Carolyn Mints, Kelly Borgnis, Kelsi Chandler, Joe Ando-Hirsh, John Johnson, Grayson Carter, Kimberly Ann Parker, Hugh Downs, Alan Dale, Ronald Reagan, Jay Leno
- Director: Michael Showalter
Comments
- denis888 - 17 December 2022
Very Thorough Depiction
Oh my, where do I begin? Very delicate and painful topic is here, and what is good, the movie has managed to depict it quite well. Jessica Chastain did a marvelous job as Tamy Faye showing extremely nervous, very tight, high-strung, emotional lady first on the rise then on the deep plummet. She does a very good job here, showing us all the vulnerable parts and all the greedy parts, all the violent parts, all the bravura parts et al. She is very true and deeply persuasive in her deep and decent delivery.
What is a bit unnerving, is Andrew Garfield's delivery - he seems to be often at odds with his part and his performance sometimes lacks both depth and truth, you just feel awkward watching him play or outright nervous.
The whole narrative seems to go very well, and all the main important events are here. What again is a bit frustrating, is certain feeling that obvious chunks of vital info were lost somewhere thus making the plot a bit wanting.
Anyway, what a decent movie, very thorough and sincere at many angles.
It is an important topic and it needed to be addressed. - tonik_2000 - 31 July 2022
One-sidedness everywhere
We already know Tammy was a caricature. What would be interesting to know is if there are other, relatable things true about her life which is what I expected from this film. Everyone in this film is way too one-sided. It mostly portrays Jim and especially Tammy as fools which they really were not. Where is the story? It never moves much past her silliness. I was hoping to see some relatability. Didn't really happen. She never left caricature. She was a victim of a lot of toxicity which was never properly addressed or resolved. Jim and Tammy were not doofuses, they knew exactly what they were doing. Every human has complexities. We see not a lot of that here. The film sticks way too hard to the "Christians are dumb" theme and it smacks of an agenda, or something. It needed a lot more. I guess what I'm saying is, I'd like to see more of Tammy without the makeup, so to speak.
