Decent bio-pic with brilliant performances

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2018)

I, Tonya had amazing acting and great chemistry amongst the cast as it brings us through a fun and entertaining story of Tonya Harding. The film deals with a subject matter from various points of views and is taken from the perspective of various characters. I found that this was a particularly effective and interesting way of depicting Tonya Harding's story that proved to be a brilliant device in depicting the complexities of the incident.
The performances from Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney were all brilliant, they all depict characters that are broken and they just come across as so uncomfortable but reliable at the same time. This all comes down to ating which was highly commendable, Margot Robbie's performance in particular was really great. Her performance encompasses a mixture of childlike naivete, absolute badassery and also the try hard lead. These all goes to depict the complexities of her character, the tenderness but also the toughness and grit of such a character.
Allison Janney's performance just absolutely blurs the line of acting and reality, she complete dissolves into the role, depicting this stonewalling, stiff and harsh mother absolutely brilliantly. In a way that just makes her so unlikable, absolutely brilliant.
I, Tonya was a great bio-pic, while it isn't the most exciting or amazing film it came with brilliant acting and a decent screenplay, at the very least it was fun and entertaining.