The Eyes of Tammy Faye
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  • Summary: A documentary about the life and times of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    91
    Does the movie, with its sock-puppet intros and narration by RuPaul Charles, mock Tammy Faye, sanctify her, or turn her into a flamboyant image of distressed womanly martyrdom -- the Judy Garland of televangelism? All of the above.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    It's a testimony to the integrity and poignancy of Tammy Faye herself that she comes off as a cool, even complex, woman.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    50
    By letting her babble on and become a somewhat risible figure, the filmmakers display a somewhat mean-spirited attitude, despite all their fuss about finally appreciating this put-upon survivor.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    Cannot help but be merely another debacle that Tammy Faye will survive, eyelashes and integrity intact.

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  1. PeteyA.
    8
    I rented this on Netflix expecting very little but was pleasantly surprised. I don't think it's for everyone...I think it definitely has a "gay" appeal, though I don't know if I can exactly articulate why (other than RuPaul's narration and a cameo by Jim J. Bullock!). I did appreciate that the filmmakers did not come to "bury" televangelism and the only person really vilified in the movie is Jerry Falwell and not Christians in general. And the old footage of Tammy singing and her sock puppetry is a hoot!… Expand

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