The Eyes of Tammy Faye
critic Reviews
, 68% Fresh Tomatometer Score- The Eyes of Tammy Faye might have focused more sharply on its subject's story, but Jessica Chastain's starring performance makes it hard to look away.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTara BradyIrish Times
For all the impeccable production values ... the films generosity towards its controversial heroine feels like an unwarranted canonisation.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSandra HallSydney Morning Herald
The film is a powerful indictment of America’s evangelical right, but the one thing that Chastain can’t quite do is to make Tammy likeable.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
The film smiles politely at Tammy Faye’s tacky aesthetic without ever fully embracing it, a bad-faith approach to its heroine.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye has done right by its subject, but only at the cost of shrinking down her world.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
A riveting, unleashed and award-worthy performance from Jessica Chastain, playing a central character full of tensions and contradictions, is reason enough to see this film.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanny LeighFinancial Times
Usually biographies seek to peer behind the mask. Wish us luck, the movie winks.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSarah VincentCambridge Day
The tabloid fable also provides valuable lessons for Christian women today who face the moral crossroads of the hateful politics that often accompany far-right religion.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreZach PopeZach Pope Reviews
An unrecognizable performance from Jessica Chastain She truly is the reason to see this movie!! The film is entertaining top to bottom… but I left wanting more. This will be an interesting discussion when it releases wide
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJillian ChilingerianOffscreen With Jillian
Jessica Chastain is doing the best work of her career with a deserving SAG win to showcase. Unfortunately, the film offers no compelling argument for why audiences should watch this instead of the documentary.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmma-Jane BettsThe Digital Fix
Chastain manages to capture the perfect balance of strength and vulnerability as she portrays Tammy fighting to achieve her dreams and smiling through the judgments of society who criticize her age, gender, and sex life.
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