Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone on ‘Tammy’ The New York Times

The movie also features an ensemble cast with Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Dan Aykroyd, and more who are representing other roles in the movie. The movie became a hit at the box office and received mixed reviews from the audiences. If you are wondering about the locations, Tammy was filmed entirely across North Carolina.. Tammy is a 2014 American road comedy film directed and co-written by Ben Falcone in his directorial debut and co-produced, co-written by, and starring his wife Melissa McCarthy as the title character.

Tammy: Directed by Ben Falcone. With Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Allison Janney. After getting fired and finding out that her husband is cheating, Tammy hits the road with her profane, alcoholic grandmother.. The Tammy films are a series of four American romantic comedy films about a young woman from rural Mississippi. They were produced by Universal Pictures between 1957 and 1967 and based on the character created in Cid Ricketts Sumner 's 1948 book Tammy Out of Time. The main character of the first three films, Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree, is a kind and friendly country girl who finds romantic love.