fascinated the world in the 1970s and ’80s due to their lives, including scandalous exploits as televangelists. The film gives viewers a look into the multiple ups and downs of their sensational careers in both Christian evangelism and entertainment.
The success of the couple’s Christian media empire quickly fell apart in the wake of numerous scandals, including sexual misconduct allegations against Jim and a rehab stint for drug addiction by Tammy Faye.
The film serves as a window into the late 1970s, with feathered hair, tweed blazers and Tammy Faye’s signature caked-on mascara and eye shadow. “It’s all part of our mission to help people,” Chastain’s seemingly earnest character says in the trailer from Searchlight Pictures.
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