Interesting but harsh

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2019)

I watched the movie out of curiosity, and with much prejudice I confess. I remember when all this happened, I joined the crowd empathizing with Nancy Kerrigan and shaming Tonya. Then I forgot all of it until the releasing of this movie and I'm quite puzzled. What if...
It's an interesting movie but for a 50-something like me it was hard to watch. Firstly because of my own experience, my own perspective of the events. Secondly because of the physical abuse depicted in it by the mother then by the husband. It's one thing to know it's a movie, it's another to realize this maybe really happened to a real child, teenager, woman.
The movie is directed like a mockumentary, the acting is really awesome and the hardest thing for me was to distance myself. Movie or biopic ?
When a movie challenges me like that, I think it has done a great job.