Tammy
Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 2, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
15
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

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60
SlateAisha HarrisJul 2, 2014
The playful energy between McCarthy and her completely game co-star, Susan Sarandon is more than enough to keep the movie humming along. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichJul 2, 2014
They have little feel for the technical side of filmmaking; the imagery is flat and the editing amateurish. Most shots seem held for a beat too long or too short, wreaking havoc with the comic rhythm. Nonetheless, McCarthy and Falcone’s attempts to make Tammy more flesh-and-blood than a figure of fun are often poignant. Read full review
59
Film.comJordan HoffmanJul 1, 2014
Basically a drama-in-disguise. Unfortunately, it’s a formulaic and extremely uneven one, albeit with a number of sympathetic performances. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 1, 2014
McCarthy co-wrote the film with her husband, Ben Falcone, who also directed and appears as the heroine’s wormy tyrant of a boss. Their collaborative mojo results in some winning sweetness, but not a lot of hilarity. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 2, 2014
Tammy is a road trip movie and, like many road trip movies, it embraces a meandering, aimless tone. It's often said for films of this sort that it's the journey that matters, not the destination. Unfortunately, in this case, neither is worth the price of admission. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJul 2, 2014
This pastiche of sitcomy episodes never gels into a plot. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Courtney SheaJul 2, 2014
As a script it is uneven and tonally inconsistent – best as a brainless, gross-out comedy, less successful when striving for emotional poignancy. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 1, 2014
Tammy’s journey, as they like to say in movieland, is into self-worth. Yet the far more interesting trip here, at least until her self-actualization kicks in, is through an America of lousy jobs, tyrannical bosses, nickel-and-diming poverty and real-looking women. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 1, 2014
It just plonks down the actress and a handful of stellar co-stars without much in the way of a script, storyline, or actual jokes. Yet you may still come out with a smile on your face. It’s very odd. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJul 2, 2014
The still youthful-looking Sarandon playing a grandmother is a jolt, especially since she doesn’t resemble the doddering roustabout she’s supposed to be playing. Maybe that’s why the director Ben Falcone (McCarthy’s husband and, with her, the film’s co-writer) gives Sarandon a full head of gray hair. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJul 2, 2014
I hesitate to label the result as bad or good. It’s just … off. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJul 1, 2014
There are some laughs and, at least on screen, more than a few tears. But it doesn't come together with the kind of satisfying punch a comedy should deliver. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 1, 2014
The fact that it stars the extremely funny Melissa McCarthy is both its saving grace and incredibly frustrating. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJul 1, 2014
Falcone’s film is an unsteady mix of broad comedy and indie heart, asking us first to roar at Tammy’s ignorance and outrageousness and then to be moved at this lovable misfit muddling toward love, maturity, and a better life. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin ChangJul 1, 2014
Falcone’s attempts to spin this flat, formulaic comedy into an affecting character drama are frustrated by filmmaking choices that work against a sense of persuasive reality. Read full review
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