The movie begins in Murphysboro, Illinois, with Tammy (Melissa McCarthy) driving to work. Once she gets there, her boss, Keith (Ben Falcone), fires her for repeatedly showing up late for her shift at Topper Jacks. After her car dies on the way home on Illinois Route 13, she eventually arrives to find her husband, Greg (Nat Faxon),
eating a romantic meal with their neighbor (Toni Collette). Upset,
Tammy leaves and walks two doors down to her parents' house.
She tells her mother, Deb (Allison Janney), about her plans to leave and takes her grandmother Pearl's (Susan Sarandon)
car. Pearl joins her and brings money. Tammy has beer with Pearl, and
the next morning they wake up near a park where Pearl convinces Tammy
not to go back home. Pearl decides to go to Niagara Falls.
Along the way the two stop in Louisville, Kentucky, Tammy encounters Earl and his son Bobby and an armed robbery of a Topper Jack's. She converses with employees Becky (Sarah Baker) and Larry (Rich Williams). After this with the help of Pearl's wealthy eccentric cousin Lenore (Kathy Bates)
They destroy the car to hide the evidence from the robbery. The two
then stay at the home of Lenore and her roommate, Susanne (Sandra Oh). At a 4th of July
party thrown at the house, Pearl gets drunk and humiliates Tammy by
making rude comments about her weight and appearance in front of all the
guests. After Tammy runs off to the dock on the lake by the house,
Lenore follows her to both comfort her and offer her some tough love,
telling her to stop complaining and stop allowing herself to be a
victim. She tells Tammy that if she wants to make things better for
herself she needs to get up on her own two feet and work hard to make it
happen. Later in the morning, Tammy brought coffee to Pearl who is
asleep outside. Thinking she was dead because she is not breathing,
Tammy cried with sorry and asked help from Leonore and Susanne, but then
Pearl stand up indicating she is alive and was sent to the hospital.
Tammy is eventually convicted but released from prison 38 days later and
her dad (Dan Aykroyd) picks her up. He offers to kill Greg for her, though she declines.
Tammy goes home and finds that Greg and his mistress have packed
Tammy's belongings. She and Greg agree to an amicable divorce. She walks
down the street to her parents' place and finds out that Pearl is now
living in Brookview Retirement Home. Tammy goes to Brookview to break
her out, but Pearl is actually happy there. She has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings at the home and she is dating one of the men there. However,
they do still take a trip to Niagara Falls. Bobby surprises Tammy there
and they kiss. Tammy tells him about her choice to move to Louisville to
get a fresh start in life and be closer to him.
IMDb rank: 5
Trailer:
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Duration: 96 minutes
Stars: Melissa McCarthy,
Susan Sarandon,
Kathy Bates
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