Director Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya is an
interestingly constructed film thanks in great part to Screenwriter Steven
Rogers. It is a well-done drama mixed
with documentary footage and touches of reality TV, when the characters speak
directly to the viewer.
The story is based on the real-life figure skater Tonya
Harding, fabulously played by Margot Robbie, and her tumultuous upbringing by
her tyrannical mother, award-winningly played by Allison Janney.
The climax is, of course, the 1994 Olympic trials, when
Harding’s husband (Sebastian Stan) and his friend (Paul Walter Hauser) engineered
the assault on her main competitor Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver).
Other than the truly excellent performances by the cast,
one can’t walk away without an appreciation for the trials of Harding and a
much-deserved compassion for the way she was vilified.
It’s sometimes hard to watch, but well worth your
time. I give I, Tonya a 4.1 out of 5.
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