Tammy

Directed by: Ben Falcone

Directed and written by: Ben Falcone & Melissa McCarthy

Memorable quotes: 

Keith Morgan: Tammy, do you know how I got to where I am?
Tammy: Sucking dick and kissing ass?

Javier: Excuse me, we need more ketchup.
Keith: Okay, English though Javier, this is America.
Tammy: It was English.
Keith: No, it wasn't English.

Keith: I am terminating your employment. I need your badge.
Tammy: What badge? You mean my name tag?
Keith: Yes, exactly, I need your badge, I need your badge back.
Tammy: It's not a badge, it's a shitty name tag and you made me buy it with my own money.
Keith: That's company policy. I need it back.
Tammy: Well, I need you to stop sweating through your shirt and grossing everybody out.
Keith: It is hot and when it's hot people sweat.

Keith: Hey, don't let a deer hit you on your way out!

Tammy: That's not chicken. I don't know what it is but it's not bird.
Keith: It's  110% chicken.
Tammy: Birds don't come out of squeezy tubes!

Missi: I'm sorry you got fired.
Tammy: Shut up Missi. Why are you in my house making my husband dinner.
Greg: Actually, I made her dinner.
Tammy: You're gonna get your ass kicked.

Tammy: You're hungry? You're wanna eat my fist for dinner?

Tammy: I'm suing you bitch.
Missi: For what?
Tammy: For being an asshole.

Tammy: Don't let her touch my underwear!

Tammy: You know you never made me dinner, not even once. And it smells really good too.

Tammy: See you in court. I hope you both choke on your silly dinner, assholes. Missi is a whore! And I kicked her ass! Kicked her stupid ass! Don't call me Greg when she dump you cause I won't call you back. No fucking way. I'm gonna be too busy fucking models and shit.

Deb: I'm sorry. That's terrible.
Tammy: I'm not exactly thrilled about it myself.

Deb: Are we really gonna do this again, Tammy?
Tammy: What?
Deb: Everytime something bad happens you throw a fir, you say you're leaving. You never get anymore than ten miles outside of town, you start feeling sorry for yourself and you come right back here and throw another fit.
Tammy: It's not true!
Deb: It's a pattern.
Tammy: It's not a pattern.
Deb: It is.
Tammy: That's not even what a pattern is. A pattern is a thing that comes in pairs of two.
Deb: A pattern is a series of things or events that repeat themselves on and on, sometimes into infenity.
Tammy: That's what a galaxy is. That's not a pattern.

Tammy: Fine. Then I'm gonna take grandma's car.
Deb: No, you're not. She is old and not well.
Tammy: Then I guess she doesn't need a car, right?

Deb: No one is going anywhere.
Tammy: I am! I'm just not taking this asshole with me!
Pearl: Hey, you're not exactly my first choice for a travelling companion either but at this exact moment you're the best bet I have to get out of this stupid house.
Deb: Mom!
Pearl: I'm sorry Debra but this is a stupid house and I hate it. I love you but I'm not gonna die in this house alone.
Deb: Mom, you're not gonna die here alone. You're gonna die here with me and dad.
Tammy: That's a shitty thing to say.
Pearl: That's a very shitty thing to say!
Deb: I meant it in a good way!

Tammy: What's Brookfield?
Pearl: It's an old folks home like a prison  for old people. Horrible place.

Pearl: Do you think we could just try to be pleasant? What do you say? How about a beer?
Tammy: No!
Pearl: Erm whisky?
Tammy: Jesus, no!
Pearl: Oh my God, you're pregnant!
Tammy: I'm driving a car Grandma!

Tammy: I'm sorry you're so tasty cows!

Tammy: You wanna go ride a cow?

Tammy: Oh my God, I think this is some X-Files shit. For sure.

Tammy: You know what? If we die out there, we're just raccoon food.

Pearl: You do know who Mark Twain is?
Tammy: I know who he is. Good guy, good guy.

Guy: There is no alcohol on the deck.
Pearl: This is my juice.

Tammy: Are you sitting on a couch or on a toilet cause this is like a therapy session.

Tammy: What have you ever done that's cool?
Pearl: I watched Neil Amstrong walk on the moon.
Tammy: On his bike?
Pearl: That's Lance.
Tammy: I don't care which brother it is. That's still lame compared to this.

Bobby: Okay, hang on. I do not want your tongue in my mouth.
Tammy: Where do you want it man?

Tammy: Do you know she fucked Duane Allman? Yeah, she fucked the wrong Allman brother. Enjoy that!

Tammy: Come on you tasty motherfucker.

Tammy: You did it huh?
Pearl: What?
Tammy: Drunk by eleven.

Tammy: It's not like you're the worse person in the world. You're close but...

Pearl: I tried to sleep with your father.
Tammy: What?
Pearl: I tried to sleep with your father.
Tammy: Ew!

Tammy: Thanks a lot!
Cop: You're welcome.
Tammy: Yeah, I didn't mean "thank you".
Cop: And I didn't mean "you're welcome". You're done here, you better leave while you can.

Tammy: Shut up. For you own good don't get sassy.

Tammy: Larry, she's telling me to take you out.
Becky: You're so much older.
Larry: I'm a veteran.
Tammy: That's amazing.

Pearl: He's organized.
Tammy: Yeah, so was Hitler.

Pearl: You're more badass than I ever thought. I think you take after your grandma after all.

Tammy: When I think of what a lesbian looks like, I think of somebody who looks like...
Lenore: Like me?

Pearl: Do you wanna dance?
Tammy: No, people will think we're a couple.
Pearl: Too late for that.

Bobby: I put on some cologne.
Tammy: You put on man perfume to come and see me?

Bobby: You tricked me Tammy.
Tammy: Cause I'm tricky.

Tammy: You know, I get it. You got a little taste of Tammy and you come clambering back for more.
Bobby: Really?
Tammy: Kind of like cheetos. You can't eat just one.

Lenore: You can't just bitch and moan and expect shit to change.

Lenore: You think this house just fell on my head someday? I had to work hard. You know, gay hasn't always been in fashion my friend.

Lenore: You need to grow up honey.
Tammy: You don't know anything about me.
Lenore: You're not that mysterious. Dogs are mysterious. Cats. Birds. Fish. Fish are the most mysterious. But we're not mysterious.

Lenore: You need to focus on getting your shit together. Once you figure out what it is that you really want just go after it. Then maybe you can help her out.

Bobby: You know, my life is boring and you're a very unboring person.
Tammy: Wow, you're kind of super bad at compliments. It's kind of amazing really.

Tammy: What were you thinking?
Pearl: What?
Tammy: You weren't breathing. We all thought you were dead. You are gonna clean your shit up and stop all this drinking. Do you hear me?

Lenore: Goddamn it Pearly, nobody should die in a long chair.

Prison guard: Later.
Tammy: I hope not.

Tammy: Hey dad!
Don: Tammy! You rehabilitated?
Tammy: I guess.
Don: Then let's go home.

Don: Look, do you want le to take care of that wiggly motherfucker for you?
Tammy: What?
Don: I'll go over there and kill him for you, right now. I'm old, I don't care if I go to jail. They got magazines in there, don't they?

Tammy: Why didn't you tell me you where in here?
Pearl: I didn't want to make you jealous. I mean, you were in jail and I'm at this cool place. My AA meetings are here, I made friends and I'm seeing this 84 year old from Philly. I mean, he was a hockey player so he seem younger but we're going kinda slow and... this might be the weekend.

Tammy: You look good.
Pearl: Thanks. You look great.
Tammy: Yeah?
Pearl: Yeah.
Tammy: I was afraid to eat the meat in jail so...
Pearl: It's a good call.

Pearl: I love you so much. I really do.
Tammy: Well, I'm great.
Pearl: You are pretty great.
Tammy: I love you too.

Tammy: Thanks for fixing up my car, dad.
Don: No problem. Just don't rob anybody in it.

Pearl: My daddy always said that Niagara falls was the closest thing to heaven on earth.

Pearl: I think if anyone could do it, it would be you. 

Plot: After getting fired and discovering her husband's infidelity, a woman decides to leave home and her worries behind. Things don't go as planned as her alcoholic grandmother decides to tag along.

Review: 

I must say that after reading mixed reviews I really didn't know whether or not I should be watching this movie. Considering it stars some excellent actresses such as Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Sandra Oh, Toni Colette and the hilarious Allison Janney, I still deciding to give it a watch.
After about 10 minutes of lousy jokes, I really thought I was going to hate it and that I might not even cope with watching the film in its entirety. After 20 to 30 minutes though, the movie started to shift a bit and that's when it started to grow on me. Contrary to what the trailer leads to believe, this is not just a slapstick type comedy film. It is actually much more than that. The beginning is just terrible, but the rest is about the relationship between too utterly dissatisfied individuals and their relationship with one another and the world they live in. This is what I personally love most about Tammy. I loved learning about her background and see her relationship with her grandmother grow and evolve. I love seeing Tammy grow up and decide to stop complaining about her shitty and actually do something to change it.
To me, this is the gist of this movie.
Don't get me wrong though, there are some funny jokes and moments, just not as much as was intended. Melissa McCarthy's humour sometimes fell flat, but her character grows to be so loveable it doesn't really matter. Plus if you enjoy her T.V. show Mike & Molly then you might be more receptive to her humour than I am.
All the actors and actresses also do a great job so it is definitely nice to see this all-start cast act together within the same film.