The Eyes of Tammy Faye

— An interesting film focusing on televangelist Tammy Faye Baker. It puts a human face on the relationship between Jim Baker and his wife, Tammy Faye, and looks at the rise and fall of their empire. As importantly, it also looks at the rise of television evangelism and the courtship between politics and televangelism. If you only know Tammy Faye for her heavy use of make-up, you don’t know her story at all if the broad strokes of this script are fairly accurate. Whatever you think of the Bakers or of televangelism as a whole, the film's worth seeing to watch Jessica Chastain use her considerable talent to make an unusual character likeable. [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2021. 126 minutes. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, and Cherry Jones.]
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