And for good reason: the performance is raw, visceral and disturbing in reflecting a victim who still thinks everything at heart is her own fault.
Playing Tonya from a (not very credible!) 15 years old to her mid-20's is Margot Robbie ('The Wolf of Wall Street', 'Suicide Squad') in what is a BAFTA and Oscar nominated performance. So I will try to keep this review spoiler-free. And of course, many of you younger folk don't know: case in point my 26 year old son who I went to see this with, and who went into the story blissfully blind of the drama about to unfold. But I was about to do exactly the same here, *assuming* that you all know the lurid tale of the rivalry between Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan that led up to an 'event' in 1994 that shocked the world. I recently bitterly criticised some film critics for spoiling the story of Donald Crowhurst, the subject of the recent 'The Mercy'. 'I, Tonya' is cleverly filmed as a pseudo-documentary, featuring re-enactments of the real-life interviews of most of the participants in this true-life drama.
Man, I personally found this one to be an exceedingly uncomfortable watch.
