I never heard of Tonya Harding and "the incident" before this movie was promoted and of course I immediately had to look things up after I did. It's a fascinating story and I'm sure, if something like this happened nowadays, it would generate the same scandal and amount of media circus as it did 23 years ago (if not more because of the internet). But "the incident" isn't the focus in this movie, it's just in there as part of Tonya's (Margot Robbie) ride up and down her athletic career. The more important parts are the tumultuous and abusive relationships she had with her mother (Allison Janney) and her ex-husband (Sebastian Stan) that are hard to watch - as they should be.
Figuring out how old the characters are at times was a bit confusing, but the acting throughout is fabulous (shoutout to the young Tonya, Mckenna Grace)! There aren't many movies where I can truly see past a well-known face of an actor, but it happenend with I, Tonya. I also enjoyed the camera work, soundtrack, breaking of the fourth wall and the little montage of real footage in the end.
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I never heard of Tonya Harding and "the incident" before this movie was promoted and of course I immediately had to look things up after I did. It's a fascinating story and I'm sure, if something like this happened nowadays, it would generate the same scandal and amount of media circus as it did 23 years ago (if not more because of the internet).
But "the incident" isn't the focus in this movie, it's just in there as part of Tonya's (Margot Robbie) ride up and down her athletic career. The more important parts are the tumultuous and abusive relationships she had with her mother (Allison Janney) and her ex-husband (Sebastian Stan) that are hard to watch - as they should be.
Figuring out how old the characters are at times was a bit confusing, but the acting throughout is fabulous (shoutout to the young Tonya, Mckenna Grace)! There aren't many movies where I can truly see past a well-known face of an actor, but it happenend with I, Tonya. I also enjoyed the camera work, soundtrack, breaking of the fourth wall and the little montage of real footage in the end.