I think it would have been a better project, had they selected singers that could act a bit, rather than actors that could sing a bit. Annette O'Toole was brilliant at Tammy Wynette in the movie Stand by Your Man, surely they could have found a couple that sounded more like George and Tammy. While the back story of both George Jones and Tammy Wynette was pretty widely know, I was surprised at Tammy Wynette's extreme addiction to prescription medications and the ease with which she could keep getting supplies to keep the addiction going. Doctors and surgeons should be just as accountable and ethical as the rest of the medical profession or general populous. Tammy seemed to be used or abused by every male she came into contact with. I thought Jessica Chastain played her part OK, but I thought the singing from both actors spoiled it for me. I thought that George Jones came across as the bully he was when drunk and Tammy Wynette came across as an enabler for George, which went on for far too long, before she dumped him. George Jones seems to garner most of the publicity, probably because of the amount of no shows and negative stories that he attracted with his bad behaviour. I felt sorry for Tammy in the beginning, I thought Standing by her Man was commendable, but she did it for too long. It was ironic that Tammy had 20 x #1 hits, compared to Georges 10 and that Tammy died at 55, while George with only short periods of sobriety, managed to live to 82. Both George Jones and Tammy Wynette had unique voices, but I would rather they had used soundtrack originals and lip synched, rather than the way it was served up.
Review of George & Tammy
