Blades of Glory.

Rating: 7/10 (4 March 2018)

When me and a family friend have looked at the credits of sexy Margot Robbie,it has always been disappointing to see that the projects she has been involved in, have largely been of poor quality (with Robbie being the only stand-out in Suicide Squad and Legend of Tarzan.) Not checking her credits for a while, I was pleased to hear that Robbie was starring in an Oscar-nom Drama,which led to me putting some blades on.
View on the film:
Completing her "breaking the 4th wall" biopic trilogy, (after The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short)Margot Robbie gives an excellent performance as Tonya. Laying bare the abusive treatment Harding got from her mum,Robbie draws the viewer in when talking to camera,by giving the off the cuff comments a wicked, matter of fact streak. Caked in dirt and grime from Harding's Rust Belt roots,Robbie (who does a very good fake accent) sweeps pass any shots glamour by covering Harding's face in pure joy when on the ice rink,which fades to gloom the moment she steps off. Insulting her daughter every time she is on the side lines, Allison Janney gives a great performance as LaVona,with Janney throwing LaVona's put downs with razor-sharp aim, and continuing to light cigs to LaVona's dismissive image of Tonya.
Skating along real and CGI skating, director Craig Gillespie & cinematographer Nicolas Karakatsanis give Tonya's time on the ice rinks an action set-piece thrill,thanks to the long shots showing each move being performed,being complimented by close-ups on the rush Tonya gets from a successful performance. Breaking the thin ice of her private life, Gillespire twirls round Tonya with stylish whip-pans catching the jet-black Comedy asides in Steve(n) Rogers script from Tonya and a growing group of hanger-ons who will eventually force Tonya off the rink.