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91Does 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.
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91A hilarious, sad and sometimes-inspiring documentary directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the film is an all-out Tammy valentine -- campy, dramatic and, of course, makeup-smeared. And better than any melodrama you'll see this year.
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90A hilarious, poignant, lovingly ironic celebration of (Tammy Faye Bakker's) rise and fall and her refusal to be broken.
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80It's a testimony to the integrity and poignancy of Tammy Faye herself that she comes off as a cool, even complex, woman.
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80It contains nary a dull moment.
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80It's a testimony to Tammy Faye's own integrity and enormous charisma that the film holds our attention as tightly as it does, and doesn't become an insufferable exercise in weak filmmaking.
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75All in all, she comes off as quite a complex creature.
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75She is also, we sense, a woman of great generosity of spirit, and a TV natural: The star she most reminds me of is Lucille Ball.
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75If the mark of a successful documentary is its ability to make us examine a tired subject in a fresh way, then Eyes is a rip-roaring success.
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75Riveting stuff.
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75Only the most hardhearted would fail to be swayed by Messner's surprising strength, and -- dare I say it -- irresistible charm.
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75It's highly entertaining, even if it's almost entirely one-sided.
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75It's a tale of survival and kitsch that will win you over.
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75Demonstrates, if nothing else, that there's a genuine person -- chastened by mistakes and more compassionate, perhaps, for all she's suffered -- beneath the war paint and the stardust.
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75A largely irresistible puff piece.
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75A lively and affectionate cross between an infomercial and a genuflection.
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75If The Eyes of Tammy Faye is skimpy, it's still an important correction to the record about this fascinating and misunderstood woman, who turns out to be much more than just her makeup.
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75Fascinating and mostly sympathetic.
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70Whatever the complicated truth about PTL, Tammy Faye's homespun charisma is undeniable; if only the Lord would give her the strength to say, "Get thee behind me, false eyelashes!"
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70Eyes sees what it wants to see, but it's a riveting glimpse.
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70(To be) thoroughly enjoyed as a privileged look at one of the loopiest of late 20th century lives.
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70It's more of a mash note than a formal documentary, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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70Maybe this documentary is a bit too enthralled by her, but she emerges from it a game girl, a gay activist and a curiously sympathetic figure.
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70As a whole, The Eyes of Tammy Faye funnily and lively serves to show that sometimes the best movie characters are real ones and sometimes the best Christians are ones who look like crack-whores.
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63But even if the film is short on analysis and skepticism, Tammy makes for a fascinating subject anyway.
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63A runny intimate portrait that doesn't trust Tammy Faye Messner and her story to enthrall you. So they've all but spelled it out: k-i-t-s-c-h.
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50By 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.
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50This made-for-cable opus, halfway between documentary and docudrama, is willing to try anything and everything except for a consistent relationship to its material.
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30Cannot help but be merely another debacle that Tammy Faye will survive, eyelashes and integrity intact.
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