The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Won 2 Oscars
- 23 wins & 45 nominations total

Trivia
Jessica Chastain said she initially had the impression that Tammy Faye Bakker often had running mascara, as parodies and impressions of Tammy Faye on late night TV and Saturday Night Live (1975) often featured her crying with heavily running mascara. Chastain noted that when researching Tammy Faye, she couldn't find a single image or video of her with mascara running; Tammy Faye only wore waterproof mascara.

Goofs
When their son was born and Tammy admitted to her affair the President was Ford not Reagan. So Jim did not receive a letter from President Reagan at that time.

Quotes
Rachel Grover: Oh, Tammy Faye. You follow blindly. In the end, all you are is blind.

Crazy credits
Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) gives a thumbs up at the end of the closing credits.

Connections
Edited into Amanda the Jedi Show: Faster than your First Time Reviews 2 - Best and Worst of TIFF 2021 (2021)

Soundtracks
How Great Thou Art
Written by Carl Gustav Boberg (as Carl Boberg)
Arranged and Performed by Michael Parnell

The Talents of Jessica Chastain

The film was decent. Its a bit annoying at first but you get used to the flow. And it is a must see for one big reason: Jessica Chastain! What a tremendous performance by her. She really soaked herself into that role f Tammy Faye and went through many great character developments. You really forget its Chastain from the very first second she is on screen. So far he best female leading performance I have seen this year and I am glad she is receiving all that awards attention. She is so much more than the film itself, which was not too bad, but also kind of your ordinary biopic.

Andrew Garfield was on the edge of overacting at times but generally okay. I really loved Cherry Jones who nailed the role of he mother quite perfectly.

I am not really familiar to the true story behind this movie so I cannot judge how accurate it is. I can just say that Chastain did her character justice, in the way that she defended her and allied with her but was objective enough to also portray and show the failures of Tammy Faye. It was more sides to show and I think Chastain perfectly embodied this.

From other perspectives it was quite well drafted, I loved the make up work and if you are into gospel I think you will have a blast with the soundtrack, too.