PG-13 | 2h 6min | Biography, Drama | 17 September 2021 (USA) Given Hollywood’s dismal track record when it comes to the unbiased portrayal of organized religion, it’s a near-miracle that the content found in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is so clear-eyed and nonjudgmental. While many of the characters in the film “spreading God’s word” are dutifully and rightfully hung out to dry, religion itself emerges largely unscathed. As much of an American 1980s icon as Ronald Reagan, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Harrison Ford, Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain)—for good and bad—became the face of televangelism and for the entirety of her tumultuous career was regarded as an overly made-up, largely talentless Pollyanna. It didn’t help that she was married to Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield), a lowly snake-oil huckster and one of the most corrupt men to ever call himself a preacher. Born and raised in Minnesota, Tammy Faye …
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