I, Tonya: I mean, come on! What kind of friggin' person bashes in their friend's knee? Who would do that to a friend?

Rating: 9/10 (26 February 2018)

A biopic, based on unbelievable but true events in 1994. A dark (comedy in places) about a young child from an unwholesome white-trash background, who is introduced to skating and pushed very hard to succeed by her mother, grows up to train for the Olympics, later we see the knee-capping 'incident' and a little beyond.
American figure skater, Tonya Harding became famous for being the first American woman to complete a triple 'spinney thing' in competition, but also was involved with one of the most amazing scandals in sporting history. She was allegedly associated with an ill-conceived, poorly executed knee-capping of her closest rival and fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan that spiralled out of control.
The film follows what made Tonya Harding who she was (the best technical skater at the time). The frequent abuse from her mother and husband, her rise to the Olympics and how it finally fell apart.
The film is made in a documentary style, there are interviews with Margo Robbie as Tonya and a voiceover track through the film that adds character in a Scorsese 'Goodfellas' way.
As is normally the case with a true story, we see actual vintage of Tonya Harding's skating footage while the credits roll. Highly recommended.