Tammy

Watch: Tammy

7/3/20141h 37m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ She hit the road. The road hit back. ~

Overview:

For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. It's time for Tammy to hit the road, but without money or transportation, her options are limited. Her only choice is a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother, Pearl, who has a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. It's not the escape Tammy had in mind, but it may be what she needs.

Director:

Ben Falcone

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$100,500,000.00

Key words:

robbery
alcoholism
road trip
female protagonist
on the road
blunt
reckless driving
grandmother
police arrest
road movie
questioning
frantic
alcohol problems
desperate
mischievous
fired from a job
lesbian
grandmother granddaughter relationship
understated
absurd
car
ambivalent
amused
bewildered
cheerful
cliché
compassionate
defiant
disapproving
farcical
hopeful
sympathetic
written by star

Cast

Melissa McCarthy

~ as ~

Tammy

Susan Sarandon

~ as ~

Pearl

Kathy Bates

~ as ~

Lenore

Mark Duplass

~ as ~

Bobby

Gary Cole

~ as ~

Earl

Allison Janney

~ as ~

Deb

Dan Aykroyd

~ as ~

Don

Sandra Oh

~ as ~

Susanne

Nat Faxon

~ as ~

Greg

Toni Collette

~ as ~

Missi

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Reviews (1)

Reno
Written 10 year(s) ago
6

I found TAMMY was so funny, but everyone isn't like me.

I did not get what all the whining about this movie. This film was nominated for the worst actress and supporting actress at Razzie Awards, but I found they were awesome. You can't blame performers for the bad story, in fact the screenplay was okay, but again the story did not influence to build a better screenplay. Hard to predict the scenes, though one would know where the story is heading and that's the difference in this movie. Keep in mind when you're going try it, that you're not watching a Bond movie or a Peter Jackson's, but a small budget comedy. Anticipate as much what the movie weighs, overall and you would never regret for watching it.

As usual a perfect role for Melissa McCarthy, but Susan Sarandon was surprisingly good. It was just a fun road-movie, mostly a semi-fictional to the reality, but who knows there might be people out like these film characters. Like I said, a decent story, it had all the ingredient to be a good comedy flick except one serious scene at the end needed to turn over. Yep, I would have liked to have an unexpected twist, that could have been a game changer in the movie's success. Anyone can enjoy it, if he's/she's open minded. I am already expecting the next movie from the same cast and crew combo which is due early next years.

P.S, there's something between Melissa McCarthy and prison. In the next film I mentioned as well she will be seen in the prison.

6/10