The Eyes of Tammy Faye Critic Reviews

Does the movie, with its sock-puppet intros and narration by RuPaul Charles, mock Tammy Faye, sanctify her, or turn her into a flamboyant image of distressed womanly martyrdom -- the Judy Garland of televangelism? All of the above.Read the full review

A hilarious, poignant, lovingly ironic celebration of (Tammy Faye Bakker's) rise and fall and her refusal to be broken.Read the full review

A lively and affectionate cross between an infomercial and a genuflection.Read the full review

A largely irresistible puff piece.Read the full review

She is also, we sense, a woman of great generosity of spirit, and a TV natural: The star she most reminds me of is Lucille Ball.Read the full review

Demonstrates, if nothing else, that there's a genuine person -- chastened by mistakes and more compassionate, perhaps, for all she's suffered -- beneath the war paint and the stardust.Read the full review

It's more of a mash note than a formal documentary, and there's nothing wrong with that.Read the full review

(To be) thoroughly enjoyed as a privileged look at one of the loopiest of late 20th century lives.Read the full review