Tammy

It looks like crude Tammy (Melissa McCarthy) is having one of those days. She loses her car, her job, and her husband, all in the same morning. Fed up with everything, she decides to escape from it all. When crotchety grandma (Susan Sarandon) hears of this, she tags along for the ride, and the two aimlessly run off to have non-adventures, presumably on the way to Niagara Falls.

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Tammy is a “comedy” in which nothing very funny happens, but what does happen typically happens in rude or crude manner. About 170 instances of profanity and religious exclamations are cut from the ClearPlayed version, including irreverent discussions and gratuitous shocks. Characters engage in a lot of reckless behavior, such as dangerous driving and robbery, so those concerned with imitative behavior should best steer clear. There’s no real redeeming message other than striving for a better life.

Will I want to invite Tammy on my next road trip?...

I don’t think you’ll want Tammy to accompany you anywhere, especially not to your DVD player. This is another in a line of Melissa McCarthy “girl behaves badly” roles, seemingly cut from the same mold as The Heat and Identity Thief. Tammy is worse than both, a deranged main character in a movie that feels like it was made up as they went along. If you’re an absolute McCarthy fanatic, give it a spin. Otherwise, put this vehicle in park and hitchhike to another film.

Marty Nabhan, ClearPlay Sunday Driver

Rated R for language including sexual references; 97 mins; Directed by Ben Falcone