A scene from “ The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” it’s a preview of coming attractions.Īndrew Garfield and Jessica Chastain are “the Ken and Barbie of televangelism” in “ The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” an often irreverent, bitingly satirical but oddly heartwarming portrait of tabloid fixture Tammy Faye Bakker (later Messner) and her once-prominent husband who was disgraced by charges of financial impropriety and a widely reported sexual assault allegation.Īndrew Garfield and Jessica Chastain are “the Ken and Barbie of televangelism” in “ The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”Īhead of the release of the film on Sept. “God does not want us to be poor!” he proclaims, fully embracing the credo of prosperity gospel promoters and formulating his toxic marriage between religion and wealth. Addressing students at a Minneapolis bible college in the early 1960s, a young Jim Bakker-earnest, nasally and self-assured-denounces the evils of poverty.
