The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Jessica Chastain (in an Oscar-winning performance) and Andrew Garfield are Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker, leading televangelists who created the world’s largest religious broadcasting network, in this rise-n-fall biographical drama. From the director of The Big Sick, co-starring Emmy-winner Cherry Jones (Transparent) and nominee Vincent D'Onofrio (Daredevil).
2021Rating: M, Drug use & sex scenes126 minsUSA, Canada
DramaTrue Story & Biography
The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Awards
Best Actress (Chastain) and Best Make Up & Hairstyling at the 2022 Academy Awards. Best Make Up & Hair at the 2022 BAFTAs.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Reviews
Jessica Chastain's efforts elevate this televangelist biopic, bringing a winning warmheartedness to her humanising portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker - with cheeky and comic touches to match the pic's frequently camp tone.
87%39 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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The Guardian
(Chastain) sells it to the very end, consistently rising above what she’s been given...
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The New York Times
The Bakkers were many things to many people: appalling, inspiring, laughable, sad. This movie succeeds in making them dull.
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Wall Street Journal
Jessica Chastain is the only reason, though a good one, to see The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
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CNN
It's a terrific performance... But it comes in the service of a movie that doesn't measure up to it.
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Paste
The weary and plodding story putters along the redemption arc's curve, losing faith even in itself along the way.
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Rolling Stone
(Chastain is) the only reason to see this biopic of the disgraced televangelist and LGBTQ icon - but it’s a blessed enough reason...
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ABC
A virtuoso Jessica Chastain raises up this formula biopic... (by) finding the soul beneath the sparkle.
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The New Yorker
The conventional bio-pic... turns a complicated person into a simple character.
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Decider
The movie’s conventional angles make it feel like a lost opportunity, a lazy and formulaic outing leaning too heavily on its charismatic star.
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Jessica Chastain and a camp, comic tone elevate The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Thanks to Chastain, this is a humanising portrayal of a larger-than-life figure.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Release Details
The Eyes of Tammy Faye is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Disney+ and Neon Rentals.