The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Exclusive Series) (HBO Max)
- Matt Palmer
- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min read
Studios: Searchlight Pictures/ TSG Entertainment/ MWM Studios
Tagline: Sometimes in life, you have to take your lashes
Plot: In the 1970s, Tammy Fay Bakker and her husband, Jim, rise from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. Tammy Faye became legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, financial improprieties, scheming rivals and a scandal soon threaten to topple their carefully constructed empire.
Cast
Jessica Chastain - Tammy Fay Bakker
Andrew Garfield - Jim Bakker
Cherry Jones - Rachel Grover
Vincent D’Onofrio - Jerry Falwell
Mark Wystrach - Gary Paxton
Sam Jaeger - Roe Messner
Louis Cancelmi - Richard Fletcher
Gabriel Olds - Pat Robertson
Frederic Lehne - Fred Grover
Jay Huguley - Jimmy Swaggert
Writer: Abe Sylvia
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (based on the documentary by)
Director: Michael Showalter (The Big Sick; The Lovebirds)
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and drug abuse (126 minutes)
Here is a quick little review for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye,’ which is part of my “NEW MONDAY” series that I recently started. I know, I know it’s a little late but I had a couple things to do this week and got slightly behind …
Jessica Chastain actually gave the 2021 film one of her best performances of her career (at this point). I watched a couple videos on YouTube that featured the real Tammy Faye and Chastain really nailed it. She really steals the show in this movie!!
‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ also dives into the controversies that Tammy Faye and her first husband went through over the years. And, there were quite a few things about their controversies that I had no idea about until I watched the movie and even looked up a few things about it.
‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ is currently available to stream on the HBO Max streaming platform.
Here are a few interesting tidbits for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’:
Jessica Chastain does her own covers of Tammy Faye Bakker’s original songs.
The film had been a passion project of Chastain’s for a number of years before it ended up being made. She had seen the 2000 documentary of the same name around 2012 and felt drawn to tell Tammy’s story after acquiring the rights to produce a biopic about the infamous televangelist.
The project was announced in May 2019 and principal photography began that October.
Had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2021 and was also an official selection at several other film festivals including San Sebastian International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Sedona Film Festival and Sydney Film Festival.
The film was released on September 24 2021; Later made available to stream on HBO Max in February 2022.
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