Tammy

Tammy Banks (Melissa McCarthy) wrecks her car on the way to work.  She is then fired from her job by her boss who is played by Ben Falcone, Melissa’s real life husband.  She then goes home to find that her neighbor (Toni Colette) is having an affair with her husband.  She packs some clothes and walks down the block a few houses to her mother’s house who is played by Allison Janney. 

She asks to borrow her grandmother Pearl’s car (played by Susan Sarandon)  so she can get out of the small town she lives in.  Pearl agrees to let Tammy use her car as long as she can ride with her and they can go to Niagara Falls.  Along the way Pearl gets drunk and they meet up with a father and son in a bar.  Pearl hits it off with the father and Tammy is left to speak with the son.  They talk and then Tammy is left alone. 

The movie includes Kathy Bates as Pearl’s cousin, Dan Aykroyd as Tammy’s father, and Gary Cole as Earl the father met in the bar.   All of these people together make this move quite enjoyable as they interact with Tammy through her struggles to get by. 

I thought that Tammy was played well by Melissa McCarthy.  The story of her relationship with her grandmother, Susan Sarandon, worked well.  Melissa’s husband, Ben Falcone, did an OK job as director.  Once again, I just checked my mind at the door and enjoyed the movie even though it is mind numbingly simple. 

I gave this movie 3 out of 4 stars.