27 April 2026

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

 

The Eyes of Tammy Faye 2021

  • Director: Michael Showalter
  • Cast: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield
  • Why? Andrew Garfield
  • Seen:  20 April 2026      

       American TV evangelist Tammy Raye Bakker (Chastain) – yuck. And she was born and raised in my hometown. Yuck.

       Poor kid. Brainwashed into evangelism as a child. She grows up to marry Jim (Garfield) and they become TV evangelists. Make lots of money, get famous. Drugs and scandals.

       It’s so sickening I have to fast forward. Too bad reality can’t be fast forwarded. Disgusting people, disgusting organisation. How can people fall for all this? Is the film meant to make us feel sorry for her? It doesn’t. See them as exceptions in the evangelical movement? They’re not.

       Both Chastain and Garfield overdo it. Or maybe underdo it. Tammy Raye and Jim were probably even worse.

       And the evangelists march on. It’s scary. 

2* of 5

 

 

 

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