The movie's principal intention is to make you laugh at a loser, and revel in scenes from which polite people would instinctively turn away.
– John Anderson,
Wall Street Journal,
7 Jul 2014
rotten:
It's obnoxious when it means to be comic, and excruciating when it wants to be moving.
– Michael Sragow,
Orange County Register,
7 Jul 2014
rotten:
It's a rambling, pointless and labored attempt to cash in on Ms. McCarthy's fan base without respect for any audience with a collective IQ of 10. And it's about as funny as a liver transplant.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
6 Jul 2014
rotten:
McCarthy's performance of unself-conscious uncouthness celebrates the freedom to be undignified. And, still, it's being misused.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
6 Jul 2014
rotten:
Tammy is an object lesson in the art of directing, which is all it would have taken to turn this near-miss into an instant classic. Though that may be true of most mediocre movies.