I, Tonya

I, Tonya is the Tonya Harding biography that takes you through her troubled and abusive upbringing, her tumultuous relationships with those around her, how she rose through the ranks to become an Olympic competitor and finally another perspective as to what happened during the 1994 attack of Nancy Kerrigan.

This movie was nominated for a best actress and film editing and won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress. Allison Janney’s depiction of Tonya Harding’s mother, LaVona, definitely earned the best supporting actress awards. Her portrayal was cold, ruthless and deplorable. It really showed how Tonya had some really terrible role models around her. Margot Robbie was nominated for best actress and I do think that her version of Tonya Harding was well deserving of the nomination. She did a great job garnering a true sense of empathy of Tonya. She helped to humanize her and showed you just how hard Tonya had to fight to get to the height of her career through multiple abusers and class discrimination.

The film editing was also unique and well done. I liked that it was interview style and left it up to the interpreter to decide if they felt that Tonya was guilty or not of having any involvement in the Nancy Kerrigan attack.

Overall, I thought that this was an intriguing drama. It was worth checking out once but probably not something I would watch again.