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I'm very surprised at all the negative reviews this film has received as I believe those who rated it negatively aren't accepting the movie for what it is. It is your typical Melissa McCarthy movie and for me that is a good thing. Her character in this film is almost identical to her character from "Identity Thief" but I don't have a problem with it like others do as I feel that is her comedic strong point. She isn't afraid to go that extra mile for a laugh. If you're on the fence on whether to rent or buy this movie just ask yourself if you liked her in Bradesmaids and Identity Thief and if your answer is yes, you will not be disappointed with her performance here.

In spite of a great cast, Tammy went over like a lead balloon. From the "everything bad just happened to me" beginning to the unfortunately predictable ending, the few laughs were unintended. Ms. McCarthy, who did so well in Bridesmaids and The Heat, could not buy a laugh, and her trademark edginess was missing. Susan Sarandon made a heroic effort as her comedic sidekick (not unlike Sandra Bullock's character in The Heat) but never really could overcome the lousy script. Other annoying elements were the lack of regional accents (they were suppose to be traveling through Kentucky), scenery that looked more like the Carolinas, and some really great talent such as Toni Collette was given nothing to work with or left on the cutting room floor. Ms. McCarthy has great talent but with so little to work with, she put almost nothing on the screen. Bottom line, it wasn't funny.

I saw "Tammy", starring Melissa McCarthy-Mike & Molly_t.v., Charlies' Angels; Susan Sarandon-That's My Boy, Speed Racer; Allison Janney- Mom_t.v., The Help and Ben Falcone-The Heat, Bridesmaids. This is a comedy that is directed by Ben Falcone, Melissa's real life husband of ten years. This is his first time directing but he has been in a lot of movies and t.v. shows. Melissa plays a down on her luck woman. She hits a deer with her car on her way to work, gets fired when she gets to work-Ben plays her boss that lets her go-and then she goes home to find her husband having an intimate dinner with the next door neighbor. I mean she just can't catch a break. Allison plays Melissa's mother and Susan plays her grandmother. Melissa and Susan think that it is time for a change and decide to take a road trip to Niagara Falls- Susan has always wanted to see it, and now she has the money-and that's when the hilarity begins. They get into trouble, get out of trouble, meet new people and even learn some things about themselves. There are several cameos scattered throughout the film, as well as some good music. There is a scene during the end credits but nothing at the very end. It's rated "R" for language and sexual references-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 36 minutes. I laughed enough that I would buy this one on DVD.

I went into this movie feeling like it might be underwhelming. I'd heard bad things. A boss of mine tried to steer me away from this movie, but I figured I'd see it anyway. I've gone to McCarthy's movies for a while now, and some of them are relatively amusing on some spectrum. (For example, I thought "Identity Thief" was OK, but "The Heat" just felt like overdone crude trash.) Well, this was a pretty unfunny affair. It was almost kind of depressing. "Take a character that's in a whole lot of crummy situations, and send her off on a road trip with an alcoholic. Should be funny right?" No. It's not. It's uneven, too. It tries to make you care about the characters when they get sad for a moment, but that doesn't work. I don't think I truly laughed once watching this. It was a shame to see Susan Sarandon, Dan Aykroyd, Sandra Oh, Toni Collete and Kathy Bates in this drivel. The Good: Good actors, despite a bad script. The Bad: Script is terrible and unfunny. Brings back memories of stuff like "The Hangover III". Just depressing from beginning to the end. 2/10

Both this and the Edge of Tomorrow are very good movies. Very Entertaining. Give it a chance. It is very funny. The performances are excellent. It has a great cast. The movie is never boring. An actual movie you can sit thru twice. If you read some of the negative reviews they don't even make sense. Why so much hate over a movie- ask yourself that? I've never seen Melissa do a horrible movie. I've seen and rented a thousand movies and this is one of the best. Most movies today you can't even sit thru. So give it a chance.

It's films like these that make me ask 'Why do directors/producers/writers try and fill comedies with sentimental claptrap?'If they want to make a comedy they should make something funny. If they want to make a tear-jerking drama about a granddaughter struggling with her lifelong string of failures and her grandmother's alcoholism then they should release all the stops and make something truly tragic. Tammy tries to do both and therefore fails twice. Melissa McCarthy is a hilarious actor and there are moments of brilliance in this film however they are separated by long periods of sentimentality for which i did not sign up. I hope her next film is a bigger success.