The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Eyes of Tammy Faye recounts a series of events in high-camp style, and seems to think that is enough.

For all the impeccable production values ... the films generosity towards its controversial heroine feels like an unwarranted canonisation.

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.

The film smiles politely at Tammy Faye’s tacky aesthetic without ever fully embracing it, a bad-faith approach to its heroine.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye has done right by its subject, but only at the cost of shrinking down her world.

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.

Jessica Chastain's the sole saving grace in this dull affair.

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.

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

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.