I am really looking forward to this movie, but unfortunately I just am still not comfortable with going to a theater, so I will wait until it's available on VOD. During much of her lifetime I always thought Tammy Faye was a caricature and a punchline. However, I recall later in life when I saw her on talk shows, she seemed like a very genuine person, and she genuinely cared for people with AIDS, at a time when that just was not considered proper. Here's an interesting story about her interview with an AIDS patient in 1985. AIDS Activist, Steve Pieters: 35 Years after his Interview with Tammy Faye — WUSSY MAG
That should be interesting, though Jessica would not have been my first choice - maybe someone like Amy Poehler, who seems to more closely resemble Tammy. Nevertheless, it will be provoking discussion, I'm sure.
Interesting. I'll probably watch it one day. I did see the original doc years ago, and walked away kind of liking Tammy Faye (and really hating Jim). The parts I remember most were her writing letters, and those puppets who spoke out the title cards.
This is a mostly positive review : 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' Review: It Humanizes the Bakkers' Saga - Variety
Is this not the exact same title as the 2000 documentary on Tammy Faye? I watched that and it was interesting, but it had the real person. Can't say this really interests me at all.
It is indeed the same title. As the Variety article says: So Showalter, who based the film on Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s 2000 documentary of the same name (the script is by the TV-series scribe Abe Sylvia), made the shrewd decision to play it all straight.
Here's a few positive reviews: 'Eyes of Tammy Faye' review: Jessica Chastain shines as televangelist Jessica Chastain is mesmerizing in Oscar-worthy drama 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' — from her makeup to off-the-cuff comedic moments Here's a less glowing review: ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Review – The Hollywood Reporter And here's an interview with Jessica by Roger Ebert: You Can Be Loved No Matter What: Jessica Chastain on The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Interviews | Roger Ebert
If you'e not comfortable, don't go. I go about twice a week and here's always ONE idiot in the theater coughing, without fail. I've seen this trailer about six times and never realized it was Jessica Chastain!
Another mostly positive review: With empathy, Jessica Chastain plays woman behind the mascara in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' A behind-the-scenes trailer:
It’s interesting that even if I wanted to see this in a theater, it’s not playing anywhere in my area!
My mother sent money to Jim and Tammy Faye in the 1980's... and a bunch of other televangelists over the years. Another reason why I don't own a TV, too much religion... not enough sex and violence.
I'm looking forward to the movie. It's sad Tammy Faye was made the joke through this though I always got a chuckle out of the t-shirt. The PTL Club broadcast was our favorite hate-watch in the early to mid-eighties (my crew and I watched this after our night-shift while waiting for the bus to go home) so I got to see the rise and fall of the PTL empire in real time.
Here’s an interview with Tammy Faye’s daughter (who sings a sing over the end credits): Tammy Faye Bakker’s daughter breaks silence in rare interview on her mother’s embattled legacy
I'll watch it when it comes to a one of my streaming services, but the documentary was fabulous; it humanized her and I felt great empathy for her. Not actually Roger, of course How inconsiderate! I never heard a single cough in a movie theater before the pandemic!
Duh sorry for the careless mistake! Here’s a new interview with the AIDS activist Tammy Faye interviewed: AIDS Activist Remembers His Landmark Interview with Tammy Faye: 'I Was Struck By Her Compassion'
Very well deserved. One of the hardest jobs for an actor to do, is to play a well-known real person, especially an oversized personality like Tammy Faye Baker, without making her into a caricature. Amy Poehler would have been funny, but wouldn't have been able to present her empathetically.
Just watched the DVD and quite glad to have bought it. I knew of her but only as figure of fun, and have never explored the world of televangelism, only knew the headlines and satires. Even Jim Bakker got some sympathy from me in this movie, though I kept thinking of Mr Rogers when Jim accuses Tammy of whining. Made me laugh out loud. Wonder how much of the dialogue in the non-public scenes came from well-researched sources or was from the imagination of the script writers? Next in line for treatment - the Duffy Strode Story?