"I didn't MEAN 'you're welcome'."
In this alarming female-cross-generational-road-trip movie scenario in which Susan Sarandon plays Allison Janney's mother and Melissa McCarthy's grandmother (!), Tammy is a very broad generic comedy that relies too much on its star's loud mugging and physicality to drown out some interesting ideas in order to appeal to a mainstream audience. Sarandon (as expected) relishes the role of the vice-embracing pensioner, McCarthy always works better in the quieter moments, and Kathy Bates scene-steals supremely as the lesbian cousin. It is a shame that the potentially sweet burgeoning relationship between the reserved Bobby (an excellent Mark Duplass) and Tammy is not given more screen time, as these are the points that the movie really breathes and develops, as the actual comedy set-ups are largely unfocussed and patience-testing, creating an uneasy and underdeveloped relationship between the comedic and dramatic elements that never really gels.
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