Plot
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 4.6/10 (1,522 voted)
Critic's Score: 39/100
Director: Ben Falcone
Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates
Storyline
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.
Writers: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone
Cast: Melissa McCarthy -
Tammy
Susan Sarandon -
Pearl
Kathy Bates -
Lenore
Allison Janney -
Deb
Dan Aykroyd -
Don
Mark Duplass -
Bobby
Gary Cole -
Earl
Nat Faxon -
Greg
Toni Collette -
Missi
Sandra Oh -
Susanne
Ben Falcone -
Keith Morgan
Sarah Baker -
Becky
Rich Williams -
Larry
Steve Little -
Jet Ski Rental Guy
Dakota Lee -
Kathleen
Filming Locations: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Gross: $6,211,368
(USA)(2 July 2014)
Technical Specs
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Did You Know?
Trivia: Shirley MacLaine was originally cast in the grandmother role, however scheduling conflicts with the fourth season of Downton Abbey (2010) required her to be replaced with Susan Sarandon. Before Sarandon was ultimately cast, Debbie Reynolds, who famously starred in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in the role of Tammy, was also considered. Reynolds' rendition of the title song, "Tammy," spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Top 40 chart, beginning July 27, 1957, including five weeks at number-one, and was nominated for a Best Song Academy Award for 1957. See more »
User Review
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Rating: 1/10
Tammy features Melissa McCarthey as herself or so it seems. The idea
that we must buy into this woman gorging herself with Cheetos and
Doritos for the entire length of a feature film is utter torture. Tammy
just limps into gear, act after act, it feels like the same joke over
and over again. We get it, McCarthey is overweight and has a foul
mouth, we knew it in Bridesmaids, we knew it in The Heat, and we knew
it very well in Identity Theft. Why should we care to see it again in a
film that is, quite honestly, one of the worst films I've seen all
year? The answer is, we shouldn't. Tammy boasts a pretty good cast from
Susan Surrandon to Kathy Bates and Toni Collette, it has all the
ingredients to make a pretty good film...except its not. Tammy is a
terrible film that keeps us in first gear and never moves and feels
three hours longer than it actually is. The jokes are stale, the acting
is wooden and the plot is so ridiculous and unfunny, I'm surprised they
didn't make it a family drama. On my long list of problems with this
film, my number one is McCarthey. Now, I personally have enjoyed
McCarthey over the last 4 years, a couple funny movies and a great
sitcom, she is usually good. However, her performance as Tammy is stale
and boring. One thing in particular that really sets me off is the fact
that Tammy is portrayed as a complete pig yet she lives in a decent
place that is CLEAN??? I just don't get it. Susan Surrandon is wooden,
over playing the typical grandmother saying outrageous things all while
teaching her grand babies something special and witty. It doesn't
happen here. Quite frankly, Tammy is like a long and drawn out trailer
park adventure that teases an exit while you're on the verge of
insanity with every second that passes. Overall, stay far far away from
this film, it isn't even worth a rental. Even if you are madly in love
with McCarthey and you love her humor, you will still hate this film.
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