The Eyes of Tammy Faye
critic Reviews
, 67% 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.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChristina NewlandiNews.co.uk
The Eyes of Tammy Faye recounts a series of events in high-camp style, and seems to think that is enough.
Read full article - , 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 MaherThe Times (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 - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTamma MokshaThe Hindu
Jessica Chastain's the sole saving grace in this dull affair.
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.
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