Review: The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

Seeing this film as someone who was born and raised in the UK reminds how America uses the media. I've always felt it more political and religious driven than our TV. Also, the style comes across more brainwashing and cooperate that as an adult feels too much. I didn't even know that they channels dedicated to Christianity which feels insane for an outsider like me.

So my viewing experience I feel could be different compared to someone who was fully aware of this story or saw it happen in front of their eyes.

I even think depending whether you lived through this or are discovering this story for the first film could also determine what genre you would fit this under.

Some would go a by-the-numbers biographical drama that twists some bits to help the film. But others could see this almost as a crime drama with a satirical touch.

It really is quite the story and with the film almost making fun of itself made it consistently funny, but in more of amazement then actual comedy. It also raises the questions, that were the people involved highly gullible and believing they were doing God's work, or were they were getting rich through blind faith and abusing how America uses religion in the media.

What makes this a very entertaining watch is the performances and the costume design and makeup.

It's a very 'hair and makeup' film and through all of that may see an Oscar contender emerge in the form of Jessica Chastain.

They really got lost in the performance and truly transformed into the titular character. Once you get into the second half and as the makeup gets heavier, it's really hard to see Chastain. It's almost as if she has been replace by someone else. It's quite the transformation and the commitment she gave to the role deserves to be awards contention.

Andrew Garfield is also a big standout. His character reminded of Mr. Rogers or Ned Flanders if he was consumed by greed. Much like Chastain, it's another transformation performance and their chemistry was great value.

While the rest of the cast do a great job with what they were given, it really is all a out Chastain and Garfield.

The look of the film fitted the period and tone of the film well of bright colours and everything looking fake.

As biopics go, I think it does everything on a surface level really well. They don't go in enough depth in certain aspects of their story for me to make it more then what some people already know. This felt more like an introduction for people like myself and a reminder for people who lived through it.

That drawback only stops it from being great rather than good.

This is a fascinating story that is made into an entertaining film. Chastain deserves all the praise for a highly memorable performance.

In a nutshell, this is Christianity's answer to the Wolf Of Wall Street and while it's not as crazy as Scorsese's modern epic, the story still needs to be seen to believe.

Rating: 7/10