The Eyes of Tammy Faye

86% of critics liked it

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Tammy Faye Messner, Roseanne
In theaters Jun 01, 2000
PG-13, 1 hr. 19 min.

Movie Info

Cast: Tammy Faye Messner, Roseanne, Pat Boone, Jim J. Bullock, Pat Robertson, Jamie Baker, RuPaul, Jerry Falwell, Roe Messner, Jim Bakker
Director: Fenton Bailey, Jim J. Bullock, Randy Barbato, RuPaul, Tammy Faye
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr. 19 min.
Genre: Documentary, Television, Special Interest
Theater Release: Jun 01, 2000
DVD Release: Jan 30, 2001
Synopsis: RuPaul narrates this affectionate look at everyone's favorite televangelist/living cosmetic display: Tammy Faye Bakker. The eldest of eight children in rural Minnesota, Tammy Faye married Jim Bakker in 1960, and soon they found a following on the gospel circuit. This eventually led to a gig on Christian media mogul Pat Robertson's first television shows, including the ever-popular 700 Club. Perhaps jealous of their rising profile, Robertson soon usurped the show for himself. The Bakkers went on

Critic Reviews

  • Emily Blunt, Blunt Review
    This scared me then, and scares me now. Shudder. More...
  • John Urbancich, Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
    A decent doc. More...
  • Andrea Chase, Killer Movie Reviews
    . . . it becomes uncomfortably obvious that everything else we thought we knew about this born-again kewpie doll is probably wrong. More...
  • Brent Simon, Entertainment Today
    Equally revelatory and entertaining... a fascinating, cathartic, from-the-ground-up reconstruction of an American pariah. More...
  • Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews
    Forget daytime soaps, none could be better than this movie. More...
  • John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews
    unpretentious documentary that gives us a much deeper understanding of a most intriguing icon More...
  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
    I came away with the same trashy opinion of her I had before I saw this "mock" documentary. More...
  • Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
    A fast-moving, often lightheartedly amusing and occasionally touching treatment of its star, but a searing 60 Minutes segment it's most definitely not. More...
  • Ed Kelleher, Film Journal International
    More of a camp pop-culture tribute to the soap-opera-ish Tammy Faye than an incisive look at the evangelical world that she and other religious figures once played a lucrative role in. More...
  • Elias Savada, Nitrate Online
    On the day that one American goddess says goodbye to daytime television, an older, and seemingly now wiser, talk show hostess comes back to haunt us on the bigger screen. More...