Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The story of glitzy TV evangelist couple Jim (Andrew Garfield) and Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain) who rode on a lucrative high with their TV ministry before Jim’s scandals with rape lawsuits and fraud saw their empire come crashing down, as well as their marriage. Meanwhile, Tammy’s progressive streak also seemed to rankle the more conservative religious types like Jerry Falwell (Vincent D’Onofrio). Fairly persuasive, if slightly narrow-focussed 2021 biopic from director Michael Showalter ( “The Big Sick” ) and screenwriter Abe Sylvia (who wrote and directed a few episodes of “Nurse Jackie” ). Based on a 2000 documentary by the same name, it offers a terrific showcase for an Oscar-winning Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker. She doesn’t look naturally like Tammy Faye, but the excellent makeup job helps seal the deal, and Chastain does the rest with a terrific acting job. She leans in just far enough into a squeaky vocal impersonation without it being a hollow act. Her T