Tammy (2014)
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Critic Consensus: Melissa McCarthy remains an engaging screen presence, but her efforts aren't enough to keep the jumbled Tammy on track.
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Cast
as Tammy
as Pearl
as Lenore
as Bobby
as Don
as Susanne
as Earl
as Missi
as Deb
as Greg
as Keith Morgan
as Becky
as Larry
as Jet Ski Rental Guy
as Kathleen
as Jesse
as Karen
as Cashier
as Possum Creek Bluegrass Band
as Possum Creek Bluegrass Band
as Possum Creek Bluegrass Band
as Possum Creek Bluegrass Band
as Possum Creek Bluesgrass Band
as Javier
as DJ
as Paramedic
as Prison Guard
as Men at Blue Post Bar-B-Que
as Men at Blue Post Bar-B-Que
as Old Man with Walker
as Officer Mannis
as Officer Curtis
as Officer Carty
as La Grange Bail Cop
as Cop at Lakehouse
as News Anchor
as News Reporter
as Charlotte
as Jerry Miller
as Two Old Ladies Leaving a Bar
as Two Old Ladies Leaving a Bar
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Critic Reviews for Tammy
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The movie's principal intention is to make you laugh at a loser, and revel in scenes from which polite people would instinctively turn away.
It's obnoxious when it means to be comic, and excruciating when it wants to be moving.
It's a rambling, pointless and labored attempt to cash in on Ms. McCarthy's fan base without respect for any audience with a collective IQ of 10. And it's about as funny as a liver transplant.
McCarthy's performance of unself-conscious uncouthness celebrates the freedom to be undignified. And, still, it's being misused.
Tammy is an object lesson in the art of directing, which is all it would have taken to turn this near-miss into an instant classic. Though that may be true of most mediocre movies.
A lot of good actors are wasted in this film in bit roles, including Allison Janney, Sandra Oh, and Dan Aykroyd. The ones with bigger roles, like Mark Duplass and Kathy Bates, are wasted, too.
Audience Reviews for Tammy
Don't get the hate on this one. Yes, it's stupid, but it's meant to be. Dumb comedy similar in tone to Stepbrothers. I laughed quite a few times, though it's not consistently funny and it does have its faults. Overall message is nice.
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A few laughs here and there, but overall, it's just not very good.
Super Reviewer
She hit the road. The road hit back. Mediocre Drama/Comedy! Melissa McCarthy knows she has created this bloated sassy bitch with a kind and well meaning heart character, and she is taking it to the box office to cash in because plenty of people think she's funny. In 'Tammy' she has plenty of Hollywood names around her .. Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates being most prominent and doing their role well. As a simple comedy it works fine. I don't think for one moment there is some meaningful message so many viewer seems to be seeking. It's just Tammy & granny hitting the road because they are tired of their daily routine and seek something different .... in Niagara Falls ... and they find their goal. And tear-up plenty of stuff on the way! Tammy, who was recently fired from a Topper Jack's fast food restaurant, returns home only to find her husband enjoying a romantic meal with the neighbor. She quickly packs her necessities, and travels down three houses to her parent's home. Upon denied use of her mom's car to drive to Niagara Falls, she quickly resorts to an "ailing" grandmother, who also lives in the home...Only instead of traveling alone, Grandma Pearl wants in on the road trip. After realizing Grandma Pearl has the funds, they hit the road. Pearl soon proves to be quite the alcoholic despite her diabetes, and Tammy quickly turns into the "baby-sitter." From finding love in a bar to robbing a Topper Jack's in order to bail Pearl out of jail,the quirky adventure will have you finding yourself riding along for the misadventures of Tammy.
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Tammy Quotes
| Pearl: | Muscle shirts are for muscles... |
| Tammy: | give me all the money and a pie |
| Tammy: | There was a bee. |
| Tammy: | Look out, I'm comin' in hot! |