A solid film, but not thrilling

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2018)

Have to say, I am a little disappointed.
The cast is good, with solid acting (that's why Margot Robbie is on the race for an Academy Award) and very impressive visual changes. Every actor did something for their characters and the universe of the '90s decade was really visible in every frame of the movie. But the visual is only a small part of quality.
It's an easy movie to watch, that was my first feeling. I could watch this and re-watch it easily, I didn't ask myself how much more it had until it end, and that is something hard for me, as I'm a very anxious person. But, the movie escalates for a long time, the peak is "the incident". And from there, everything is disappointing. I was waiting the whole time to sit apprehensively, but nothing happened, the plot slowly went to the conclusion living me with the question "that's it?".
Even thought I know that this is a true-story and I hate when movies try to change the past, I still felt like something was missing. The acting was there, the story was appealing and the direction was very nice. But, thinking about the movie, the best part I can think of is how they filmed the ice skating. When you see a movie as big as this, you expect to remember something more important than the way the camera behaved in some scenes.
Now, about the facts: is she guilty of something or isn't she? The film is very clear about their opinion: it was not her fault. There are scenes where some hypocrisy is shown in an almost comic way, but looking back at the way she was raised, and how valuable that Olympic moment was for her, how could we expect that kind of honesty? In the end, she is just not a very smart girl, but a very persistent one. The movie perfectly show how absurd is the media coverage nowadays (even if tells something from 2 decades ago), how people idolize, both hating her or loving her, when actually, nobody knew her. It also shows how unfair the justice can be sometimes, as she suffered more than other individuals just because she would benefit more than them.
In conclusion, if you lived the polemic story of Tonya, you should watch this movie, it will be fun and it will make you think. However, don't expect something memorable, it's a solid movie, like many others, that is only as successful because of the weight of the plot.