Politics are the only thing that prevented Robbie from an Oscar win

Rating: 6/10 (17 February 2019)

This movie attempts to make a dark comedy reminiscent of the Coen brothers' films. However, it never fully accentuates the comedic elements, leaving the viewers to wonder if they should be treating this movie as a comedy or as a documentary.
Despite this confusion, the story is still interesting enough to keep the viewer's interest, but the real shine in this film comes from Robbie's performance. She portrays the role in an extremely convincing way, and her performance shows an extremely wide range of emotion. Her performance is absolutely outstanding, and I believe the real-life stigma against Tonya Harding is the only thing that held her back from the Oscar win. Robbie's performance outclasses McDormand's in every aspect.
As for the other characters, Stan is the only one with any complex emotions. All the other characters are extremely one-dimensional, and I'm not really sure why this year's best supporting actress went to such a one-dimensional character, even if that single dimension was acted well.
So in summary, the supporting actors aren't particularly outstanding, and the storytelling is somewhat confusing, but the story is still interesting enough to move between Robbie's scenes, and her scenes make the movie well worth the watch.