The Eyes of Tammy Faye review – Jessica Chastain nails gaudy TV evangelist

A compelling performance from the often miscast actor carries an otherwise by-the-numbers look at a Christian couple who spectacularly fell from graceBack in 2011, the sudden ubiquity of Jessica Chastain – from small-screen blink-and-misses to big-screen “oh her again” hits – meant that doors that had previously been closed were now opening, a relative embarrassment of riches for an actor breaking out in her 30s.

While her three roles that year were all playing “the wife”, they still showed a promising versatility and thus, Chastain was thrust to the upper echelons of casting wishlists.Related: The Guilty review – Jake Gyllenhaal’s tense 911 call thriller

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