Review – The Eyes of Tammy Fay (2021)

Suitably enough, Jessica Chastain outshines everyone and everything else in this production. Between the voice, the mannerisms and the prosthetic makeup, she nails the title character to an uncanny degree. Honestly, it I didn’t know it was Chastain in the role, I would never have guessed. As a result, Tammy Fay Bakker comes across as entirely sympathetic, even when she shouldn’t have. The rest of the cast has varying degrees of success keeping up. Andrew Garfield makes an acceptable Jim Bakker, but Vincent D’Onofrio seems to be under the impression that Jerry Falwell and Richard Nixon are the same person. The story starts to sputter a little toward the end, but otherwise this is a solid portrait of the problematic entanglement between religion and grift. Mildly amusing