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I, Tonya
Positive Reviews
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3.5
Dimming ones mega watt glow may be a shortcut to acclaim for movie stars, but Robbies take on Hardingmore of a spiritual embodiment than a mannerism o ..
Av Club
4.0
If it falls short anywhere, it is perhaps being too glossy as it glides toward the final stretch of its routine.
Den Of Geek
4.5
It doesnt matter that shes the first woman to ever perform a triple axel during an international event, theres an artificial ceiling to her success.
Indie Wire
3.8
For all of its broad humor especially when it comes to Eckhardt this biopic ultimately restores a measure of dignity to its characters, even the awful ..
Indie Wire
4.0
The film immediately strikes a tone of defiance and does not let up for two exhilarating and wildly entertaining hours.
Austin Chronicle
5.0
Never an angel but definitely fallen, Tonya Harding receives belated dignity in the years most provocative biopic.
Time Out
4.0
I, Tonya ... gives Robbie the chance her first, really to show her full range as an actress. And she shines.
Screen Daily
4.5
It makes for a fascinating portrait thats electrified by Gillespies direction and the outstanding performances (Id be remiss if I didnt note Janneys O ..
Collider
4.0
With a wickedly sharp script Steven Rogers and outstanding performances from the lead cast, especially Margot Robbie, I, Tonya rewrites the stale scri ..
Collider
4.5
Her work hasnt had much weight to it, and none of her performances have stayed with me.But Tonya has.
Vulture
3.3
Were supposed to feel awestruck by Tonyas performance on iceand, too, by the films all around strong performances and its inventive aesthetic structur ..
Paste Magazine
4.4
Given the gripping, heightened reality of this stranger than fiction tale, its frustrating that Gillespie has chosen so many on the nose soundtrack se ..
Rogerebert
3.9
Tonya Hardings story is strange, its sad, and its now the subject of a brisk new drama from director Craig Gillespie.
IGN
2.0
Real would be sad, sobering, anathema to the sour good time the movie wants to give us.
E Film Critic
4.0
Compellingly stumped by its own heroine, the film simply cant make its mind up about Tonya Harding. If it did, it wouldnt get away with being such a b ..
Telegraph
4.0
I, Tonya is a very complicated story that will have our hearts pulled in five different directions at once. Well laugh, cry, and be angry on her behal ..
The Young Folks
4.0
You will find yourself kind of hating yourself for chuckling, but it is part of the experience and conversation.
Cinema Blend
4.5
I, TONYA is actually a whole lot of fun with Gillespie turning this into a sprawling slice of pop culture flashback, fusing the story with wall to wal ..
JoBlo
4.0
I, Tonya is a wild and entertaining exploration of one of sports most controversial figures, spearheaded by excellent performances from the cast.
Screen Rant
2.5
Gillespies insistence on comedy in place of whats largely missing from the film perspective, pathos falsely energizes the story.Its sped up but feels ..
The Globe And Mail
3.8
The movie is a pitch black comedy, told with a wink and a smirk by unreliable narrators, who include Harding, her mother, and her husband all presenti ..
Philly
3.5
A sense of acceleration spins the wheels of their imagination and seizes their life.
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
But while Gillespies take on it might not be completely accurate, as cinema it scores high.
One Guys Opinion
4.5
Offers thoughtful and somewhat objective critiques, plus much seriously dark humor thatll elicit a lot of uncomfortable gasps of laughter and invites ..
Village Voice
4.4
It was hard to root for Tonya Harding back when the blue collar redneck skater was battling the petite princesses of figure skating in the late 80s an ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
Absurdly funny but tragic fictionalized ice skater biopic based on a true story .
Sover
2.8
10 1 6 / 10 It isnt easy to grasp what I, Tonya wants to be, and perhaps thats what screenwriter Steven Rogers (P.S. I Love You, Love the Coopers, Kat ..
Blu Ray
4.4
Gillespie fills out the story with on camera interviews, taken 1980s style in 1.33:1 video format, and the characters frequently break the fourth wall ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Only eight women have landed the jump in competition, and Tonya Harding is one of them.
Chicago Reader
3.8
A few might have seen something beneath the media created villainy or the punch line ready drama.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.4
An often genius, always subversive film about an outsider who isnt easy to love yet at the same time hard to hate.
Usa Today
3.0
This weeks films I, Tonya 15, 119 mins The Touch 15, 108 mins Margot Robbie first came to attention playing Leonardo DiCaprios blonde, curvy trophy wi ..
The Times
4.0
One of the highlights of The Big Short, the Oscar winning 2015 comedy satire about the financial crisis of 2007 08, is a midway sequence that features ..
The Times
3.5
This is a very entertaining film about a very dysfunctional family, and a truly fascinating pair of women, Tonya and her mother LaVona.
Lariat
3.8
Though its irresistibly funny and filled with insane (but true) details, this is ultimately a sad story about a woman who was mistreated from day one.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Tweet I, Tonya Daniel Barnes By This article was published on 01.04.18 Advertisement Winston Churchill said that the price of greatness is responsibil ..
News Review
3.0
Its hard to shake the feeling that Hardings story was an easier sell as a black comedy.
Radio Times
4.5
Throw in stellar performances by the leads, good dialogue and a quick pace, the two hour offering speeds along like a graceful figure skater at the to ..
Screen It
4.0
Dir Craig Gillespie, 119 mins, starring: Margot Robbie, Bobby Cannavale, Sebastian Stan, Mckenna Grace, Allison Janney I, Tonya is a proudly redneck a ..
Independent
4.4
Maybe so.But watching these National Enquirer fugitives mix it up in a rush of sleazoid slapstick will leave your head spinning.
Rolling Stone
4.5
I, Tonya may be touted for its dark sense of humor, but beneath its (frequently quite literal) punchlines lives an unsettling horror film.
Decider
3.5
Though when delivered with this level of spit take timing and keenly observed media satire, it can make one of the most slashing comedies about fame i ..
Pop Matters
4.4
BOTTOM LINE A renegade biopic with punk rock energy and an in your face performance from Robbie.
News Day
3.2
All of this is fun as far as it goes, but it doesnt really go far enough.
Cs Monitor
3.5
Steven Rogers script is an uncanny combination of humor, credibility and right tone that beautifully captures the ugliness of this slice of Americana ..
Film Journal
3.0
Its hardly dull but its not quite as biting and sharply realized as it could be given the wealth of stranger than fiction drama surrounding Harding.
The Guardian
4.0
Whatever your views on the US in general and Harding in particular, youll leave this cheering for Margot Robbie.Bravo!
The Guardian
3.0
Robbie ... captures both Hardings radiance and the vulnerability of her frayed edges. Its a great performance that can make the movie feel better than ..
Az Central
4.5
But it all builds to a satisfying and illuminating portrait of a poor American girl who maybe never stood a chance.
Npr
5.0
LaVona is repulsive but her caustic personality is compelling.Its a very odd dynamic.
Star Tribune
4.4
The biggest problem with I, Tonya, Craig Gillespies highly entertaining, bitter black comic take on the infamous 90s American ice skater Tonya Harding ..
Q Network
4.0
Even the dance scenes are uninspiring.Dark River is the sort of tale of farming folk that makes Thomas Hardys Wessex novels look like light comedy.
Daily Mail
4.0
Its terrible to watch a young woman becoming so conditioned to expect abusive behaviour from those closest to her, yet this film is also very funny. S ..
Daily Mail
4.2
You wont just find yourself rooting for this crazy kid; you might even fall a little bit in love.
Ew
3.0
Nevertheless its affecting to watch Robbie demonstrate her characters raw emotion in the quieter moments; she narrates Hardings story with candid humo ..
Flim List
4.5
Gillooly is a wife beater and an idiot, yet Stan manages to showcase the humor in him without you feeling too gross for laughing.
Film Inquiry
4.0
Margot Robbie gives a vanity free performance under a series of horror wigs.
Empire
2.5
Susan Grangers review of I, Tonya (Neon) Unless you find parental and domestic abuse amusing, the Coming Attractions are deceiving.This is NOT a comed ..
Susang Ranger
4.5
Pick your poison, but both distract from what is otherwise a complex portrait of a story you thought you knew gussied up in an eccentric and enjoyable ..
Observer
5.0
But this is a movie that keeps you on the edge, unflagging and refusing to whitewash its subject.
Observer
4.0
Ultimately, the wild ride that was Tonya Hardings figure skating career ends on a tragic and emotionally moving note.
Flickering Myth
2.5
Like the story of its title character, Tonya, the film, embraces contradiction from start to finish.
Flim Threet
3.0
But Gillespies empathy is mixed with condescension; much of the movies bluff comedy mocks the tone and the actions of Tonya and her milieu.
New Yorker
3.1
I, Tonyas attempts to implicate viewers is its broken shoelace, too pat and glib to be convincing.
Slant Magazine
4.4
But the film softens the bouts of cruelty with an abiding sense of humane, if absurdist, comedy, smoothing out the tonal shifts that may have you gasp ..
Washington Post
2.5
Ms. Robbie takes on the role with vigor and strained toothy smiles, giving an outsize performance that suits the films broadness and showy surfaces.(S ..
The New York Times
4.0
Who you choose to believe is up to you but by the end of the film you will feel very differently about Tonya.
Express
3.8
With a less compelling lead performance, the movies dodgy limitations and flashy, facile editing and cross cutting mightve proven insufferable.
Chicago Tribune
3.8
Robbie is taller, bigger than the tiny, fierce Harding, but she gets the athletes forward drive, and the anger that seemed to fuel the dynamo, and whe ..
Boston Globe
4.2
The nineteen year old Harding became the first woman to land a triple axel in competition, winning the U.S. Nationals.
Reeling Reviews
4.0
I, Tonya isnt here to exonerate Harding, but it does paint a picture of a beleaguered life, interlaced with just the right amount of biting dark comed ..
Uproxx
4.5
Margot Robbie is marvelously prickly in a rare portrait of a woman as a flawed human being full of hypocrisies.
Flickfilosopher
4.0
Harding, the first American woman to land a triple axel jump in competition, is routinely met with class based prejudice.
The Irish Times
4.0
Rogers screenplay is full of dark humor impeccably delivered by the cast, but even as the filmmakers are wringing laughs from Tonya and Jeffs volatile ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
The films strength is that it does more than simply make us laugh.
ReelViews
4.5
They dont want some chick who makes her own costumes and dances to ZZ Top.
Hollywood Reporter
5.0
This is a film as sharp as the skates Harding wears. Robbie is revelatory, Janney just amazing and the rest of the cast is equal to the task of bringi ..
Birth Movies Death
3.0
So it is that I, Tonya neatly mirrors its subject by scoring higher marks for technical merit than artistic interpretation.
Standard
4.5
But I remember it very well and found the movie to be fascinating.
Tony Medley
4.5
The subject matter is pitch dark but the films tone frequently borders on slapstick.
Coles Mithey
4.5
For a movie to do all that, and then to land as many laughs as this one does on top of that, is something like a miracle.
Pajiba
3.1
The thing about entertaining, if oddly toothless, satirical comedy drama I, Tonya is that it barely tries to dig underneath the surface or shows anyth ..
Movie Freak
4.2
I, Tonya pops visually the skating sequences are delivered with gusto and its classic rock soundtrack gives it a Boogie Nights like energy.
Detroit News
5.0
Its about time we had a world class feminine lowlife to root for, and this, at long last, is that movie.Its a serious blast, with a plot that zigs and ..
Variety
5.0
Elevated by Margot Robbie and Allison Janneys shimmering performances, this entertaining account of those strange events earns the sort of high marks ..
Cnn
5.0
Combining those qualities would seem to promise a condescending comedy full of cheap shots and easy laughs.
Aisle Seat
4.5
I, Tonya is a terrifically entertaining and often quite poignant look at a distinctly American tragedy.
Forbes
4.0
Remarkably, instead of hampering the movies chances of charming and challenging an audience, it turbo charges them.
Herald Sun
3.1
The end result is a decent biopic that could and should have been better, with Robbies transformative performance trapped within the confines of an ov ..
Reel Film
4.0
Instead, I, Tonya carries a more playful energy that enriches the experience.Robbie turns in a career best performance too, which had been needed afte ..
Hey U Guys
3.8
The movie frequently resembles a documentary with its straight to camera confessionals.
The Star
4.0
Youd think this Tonya Harding biopic would turn out to be nothing but an extended punchline, but its actually a savvy meditation on class, the bull in ..
Now Toronto
3.8
If the film falls short anywhere, it is that the source material is just cynical enough to leave you feeling empty.
Deseret News
4.5
Fun, funny but also engaging deep down, I, Tonya is much better than I expected.
Urban Cine File
1.5
This mean spirited biopic provides cheap laughs at the expense of its subjects.
Film School Rejects
2.0
Its a shame these shining performances dont have a better setting, but perhaps they shine just that bit brighter by contrast.
Film Ink
4.0
It flips the traditional biopic drama on its head by its brash soundtrack, breaking of the fourth wall and endorsement of its own unreliable witnesses ..
Cine Vue
4.0
We see it executed with extraordinary ineptitude by a third party.Though the graphic domestic violence is condemned, the films raucous tone makes it b ..
Mirror
4.0
Superbly acted, expertly made and completely unrepentant, maybe its too much fun to be totally true.
Games Radar
4.2
Published on Mar 3, 2018 A great unexpected dark comedy that entertainingly demonstrates how all narratives are biased. Subscribe: http://bit.do/Alach ..
You Tube
5.0
Hardings spiteful rise and spectacular fall would make fine comedy even if they werent true.
Tamp A Bay
4.4
Mostly, I found myself hoping Harding banned for life from the sport gets as much of a thrill watching the dynamic skating sequences as audiences like ..
New York Post
4.0
In the (almost) quarter century since, Hardings skating talent has been forgotten.This caustic character study and skewed sports film puts that right, ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
Margot Robbie shines in an engaging Tonya Harding biopic that doesnt quite stick the landing.
Lw Lies
3.5
In this trailer trash vs. ice princess sports biopic gone wrong, Aussie actress Margot Robbie gives a stellar performance.triple js Screen Queen, Amel ..
Abc
4.0
Attempts to dissect the technical wizardry vanish thanks to the thrill of skating routines in which youre really rooting for the films foul mouthed, s ..
Flicks
3.5
In I, Tonya, Margot Robbie Makes Tonya Harding Human Again Tonya Harding was never my favorite figure skater.As a 5 year old, I rooted for dark horse ..
The Stranger
4.5
Gillespies flat faux documentary story is inspired, and rich with comedic moments.
Cleve Land
4.5
I, Tonya: Frequently funny, crucially revealing and thoroughly enjoyable NEON I, Tonya is in cinemas now.
Stuff
4.5
Yes, what could have been a straight forward documentary or a conventional biopic, is instead a hilarious, confronting and compelling black comedy.
Stuff
4.0
Undeniably funny, a bit obvious, and insightful in ways that work against its subject matter
Film Racket
2.5
But something about that style also makes me suspicious of it as an empathetic exercise.
Larsen On Film
4.5
Theres no retelling it without a level of comedy or outright farce.
Vanity Fair
2.0
Seeing her navigate the obstacles in her own life makes her brief moment of success all the more impressive, and her eventual downfall that much harde ..
Refinery 29
3.0
If youre expecting answers or insight from I, Tonya, youll be disappointed.
The Arts Desk
5.0
So someone seems to have thought lets do Keeping Up Appearances but call it something else.Entertainment One 8 This film has some great jokes but its ..
The Sun
4.5
The movie burns brightly at its core, and digital wizardry makes the skating scenes thrilling.
Wsj
3.5
Its hard not to laugh at him, but dont be surprised if you feel guilty about it.
Patriot Ledger
3.5
Or rather, it should be.But I, Tonyas darkly comedic tone keeps it from becoming too overwhelming.
Film
4.5
The tale of woe can best be categorised, if a little cruelly, as dumb people doing terrible things.
Scmp
3.5
The end result is a movie that is part comedy, part drama and part mockumentary.
The Film Pie
5.0
I, Tonya is kitschy and smart and funny and insightful, and sometimes sobering.
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
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Punch Drunk Critics
5.0
Every interview true or not presented to the court of public opinion.From humble beginnings, or what some refer to as the wrong side of the tracks, To ..
Movie Crypt
4.0
Crucially, Robbie masters the mousy Hardings crumpled grimacea mask made of intense chutzpah doing battle with bottomless self pity.The roots of this ..
Straight
4.5
The film is a maelstrom of emotions.You will laugh hysterically, then gasp in horror at the shocking violence.
Movie Web
2.0
Viewed in this light, its not so funny anymore.The performances save one are dead on, and its difficult to fault Hausers one note interpretation of Ec ..
Sandiego Reader
4.5
I, Tonya is a must see film that will make you laugh, cry and cringe.
We Live Entertainment
4.0
Rogers script really captured the life of Tonya and those in her life with such humor and heart.The film is beautifully shot and looks as though it wa ..
We Live Entertainment
3.5
Largely unknown actor Paul Walter Hauser nicks the back half of I, Tonya as portly Gillooly goon and Harding bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt.
Cinemix Tape
4.2
The film is I, Tonya, well on its way toward gaining nominations and wins from scores of groups handing out end year awards.
Shockya
4.0
At its heart, this film asks its audience to accept a contradiction, which it sells with a knowing wink and rather successfully.
Straits Times
4.5
The domestic violence is brutal, and the rock fueled, buoyant style and tone of the movie makes it hard to say for certain whether that violence isnt ..
The Ringer
4.0
The film cuts back and forth in a non traditional biopic way to put the pieces of the Harding puzzle together.
Dead Line
4.0
It is a blatant Scorsese copy, but you who cares when it is so enjoyable
Metro New York
4.5
Hollywood was built on underdog stories, but those underdogs had to be uncomplicated and behave properly on their way to a win, like Rocky, Rudy, or S ..
Film Comment
4.0
I, Tonya skates between humor and horror Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya.
Chron
3.0
A few grace notes aside one transition between a triple axel and a boxing knockout is *chef kiss* I, Tonya is a pretty ordinary biopic at its core but ..
The Shiz Nit
5.0
An Oscar worthy piece that hypnotizes, leaving you wishing it would never, ever end.
Awards Circuit
3.8
Instead, the film takes a surprising mockumentary approach that is obscene, absurd and most of all, hilarious.
Awards Circuit
3.5
Soaring to atmospheric highs and plumbing the deep lows of Hardings life, its easily the most accomplished performance of Robbies career so far.
Bitly
2.0
At a shade over two hours, I, Tonyas energetic, unfocused style is enervating, and by cynically turning on the audience with lines like Its what you a ..
The Skinny
2.0
Though clearly designed to satisfy the undemanding audiences who lapped up The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films, Finding Your Feet manages to transcen ..
Scots Man
4.0
Built on superb performances from Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, its a warts and all portrait of Harding, but one that is also disarmingly sympathe ..
No La
3.5
I, Tonya Studio: NEON/30WEST Directed by Craig Gillespie Web Exclusive As the film itself points out, our collective memories have a way of twisting p ..
Under The Radar Mag
4.0
Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding (Picture: TIFF) I, Tonya, a biographical film of the infamous figure skater Tonya Harding was a weird mix of hilarity a ..
Metro
2.5
This clumsy attempt to make Harding a quasi metaphor for American flaws represents one way in which the film overplays its hand at times.
The Daily Beast
4.5
And the reason it should make you uncomfortable is because it is so entertaining.
The Daily Beast
4.0
I, Tonya, an uneven biopic in which Margot Robbie gives a performance of gritty commitment as Harding, relates this classic tabloid story in ways that ..
reason
3.5
Still, even the milder version of what I, Tonya does well is still damn impressive.Oscarbait it might be, but terribly enjoyable Oscarbait, and if mor ..
Alternate Ending
4.5
The narrative portions are approached in a low key, classic way, which gives I, Tonya the anchor it needs to effectively sell the gimmicks.But what re ..
Lainey Gossip
1.0
And they want it easy..Screenwriter Rogers should get an Oscar for these lines.
East Bay Express
5.0
Therein lies her tragedy or was it a farce.After all, a storys tone depends on its teller.
Seven Day Svt
3.0
I, Tonya probably shouldnt work.But despite the mean spirited underbelly, it is an invigorating experience.
Tony Mack
4.0
The lead up carries with it all the beats of the classic sports movie climax, although it must be said that most underdog victories dont end with a fk ..
National Post
5.0
But I, Tonya survives those production difficulties due to the Shakespearean stakes of its real life plot, as polar and duetto as Alexander Hamilton a ..
New Republic
5.0
Both feature thwarted sporting ambition, pushy parents and gender specific persecution as key narrative themes, and both are fuelled by smart writing, ..
Bfi
5.0
LaVona is close to the worst mom in movie history, maybe worse than even Joan Crawford.
Original Cin
5.0
Gillespie doesnt pull any punches in Hardings abuse, but at the same time he often seems to play it for laughs, trivialising it with humour and fourth ..
The National
5.0
This film is accomplished with out of this world performances, expert storytelling, and enlightening tidings that will change your perspective forever ..
Blacknerd Problems
0.0
Such filmmaking ineptitude is also the basis of The Disaster Artist, a satirical look at bad filmmaking that is itself bad filmmaking.
National Review
3.5
Craig Gillespie directs with all the subtlety of a baton wielding thug but has made at least one brilliant decision in casting Margot Robbie, who is p ..
New States Man
4.0
I, Tonya glides on both actresses amazing chemistry and world class performances, making the end product a must watch.
The New Paper
4.5
It should be noted that despite all of the domestic abuse, the filmmakers dont take it too far.
Cultured Vultures
4.0
As for this wholesome American family, Im mightily taken by the force and the fury and the unlikely obscene apercus strewn on the ice and down the roa ..
New City Film
4.0
If a movie is provocatively challenging the audiences own prejudices, it helps to have a solid cast.
Winnipeg Free Press
5.0
The film is acted with genuine verve as well as tongue in cheek splendor.
Cinema Sight
4.0
Film Review: I, Tonya We remember like it was just yesterday Is it even possible that the major networks and newspapers reporting on a national news s ..
Theepoch Times
2.0
This may strike you as condescending, and yet a certain amount of this is necessary to convey the voyeuristic ogling at the Harding Gilloolys that the ..
Fw Weekly
4.5
But yesterdays media spectacle has been very good for todays movies.
Ap News
4.0
Its a rangy role that could have fallen into parody, but Robbie seems to hold a genuine affinity for Harding.This movie would not be what it is withou ..
Columbus Alive
3.8
The question of Hardings degree of complicity in the attack is explored but not answered by the filmmakers, who present a Harding Gillooly he said she ..
Sf Examiner
4.0
Theres sharp, cutting camerawork, especially in the riveting skate sequences, but the trademark shotcomplex circular tracking, closing in and moving a ..
Vue Weekly
3.5
Its the heart of the movie, and yet the remaining pieces prove far more captivating.
Hollywood Into To
4.0
No more.De glamming for a role is easy; using nerve and verve to turn this longtime one woman punchline into a sympathetic heroine is a downright mira ..
Us Magazine
4.5
You could tell that story straight and serve up a grim, gritty drama.
Mash Able
3.5
There are many meaningful lines in Craig Gillespies self aware and very funny biopic.
Sf Weekly
5.0
Who would have ever imagined Tonya Harding as the subject of a great movie
Sf Chronicle
5.0
...what Rogers and Gillespie have smartly perceived is... a ravaging class divide which many aspects of American society... both exploit and encourage ..
Wp Me
4.5
Its also caustically funny without asking you to laugh at its subjects.
Mid West Film Journal
3.8
Its a true balancing act, a tragic comedy in every sense of the term, and it only works as well as it does because Robbie seems possessed with the sor ..
Am Ny
4.0
A surprisingly funny faux documentary with obvious affection for its beleaguered namesake, I, Tonya does what 25 years ago seemed impossible: It makes ..
Toledo Blade
4.0
As happens in Hollywood, Robbie is taller and lovelier than her subject, but she beautifully captures Hardings wide eyed yearning to excel despite for ..
Spectator
4.4
Just how close to the truth I, Tonya comes might be debatable, but its a wondrously compelling human drama armed with the fangs of dark comedy and fue ..
Cambridge Day
4.5
Blending fact, fiction and direct to camera address, a new film on the Harding Kerrigan fiasco A much ado about nothing movie, I, Tonya retells the tr ..
Metro Active
3.8
Its a tragic tale, but told here with such brio and panache that it can sometimes be hard to remember that this is a true story with real, unhappy con ..
Film Festival Today
3.5
Tonya trains like Hell and becomes one of the best figure skaters in the US.
Adelaide Review
4.5
I,Tonya is a sharp, sassy biopic of Tonya Harding that talks about the incident, you know some other skater called Nancy Kerrigan had her knee busted ..
Battle Royale With Cheese
3.5
The closest it comes to transcending its ugliness is during the beautifully edited skate scenes.
Impulse Gamer
4.5
Its all hooey, of course: No one becomes a champion figure skater without the kind of single minded self absorption and drive that justifies long hour ..
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
4.0
If youre looking for an uplifting rags to riches story, the tale of competitive figure skater Tonya Harding is not it.Directed by Craig Gillespie (),i ..
Metro Times
2.5
Watch Tonya be a terrible person and then blame YOU, yes, you, direct to camera for judging her all those years ago and thinking she was a terrible pe ..
The Film Experience
3.0
It wouldve been very easy to make this film exhaustingly miserable.
The Week
3.5
I, Tonya invites us to understand the white trash winter wonderland that was this young womans reality a place, you could say, where she couldnt win f ..
Saportare Port
4.4
In the wrong hands, this subject matter could have easily resembled a sudsy Lifetime movie.
The Film File
3.1
But it is, for much of its running time, undeniably entertaining.
Seattle Times
4.5
In fact the comedy and drama make Hardings story that much more compelling and devastating.
Geeks Of Color
3.5
With dark humor, ruffian violence and doofus characters planning a caper that goes south, it sometimes feels like the Coen Brothers spinning a Fargo r ..
Parade
4.0
It works better as the second of those.The film gives too little weight to its heroines complicity.
Bbc
3.8
The unavoidable trouble is that when youre watching this limited but driven woman get smacked around by all the people in her intimate life, your incl ..
Buffalo News
4.5
This is solid, clever entertainment that reveals a true story I never knew, even though I remember those winter Olympics and the circus that it became ..
Leonard Mal
4.5
In the end I, Tonya points an accusing finger at us at the audience who cant get enough of scandal and salacious stories.
At Home In Hollywood
2.5
The film wants us to appreciate Hardings struggles while it cues us to laugh at the bad mullets and redneck lingo.
Seattle Weekly
5.0
But for all the visceral intensity of Gillespies film, its a quiet moment that moved me the most.
Vogue
3.8
Gillespie and Rogers have crafted a funhouse mirror of America the film works as contemporary allegory.
City Beat
4.0
When it comes to the films incredible ensemble, it seems doubtful that the parts could have been cast better than this.
The Blus Pot
5.0
Now, in this dark but ultimately sympathetic dramedy, Gillespie takes us through Hardings side of the story.
Bust
3.5
The skating sequences are lively and thrilling, despite some dodgy face replacement CGI.
Student Edge
5.0
Allison Janney is detestable as JaVona, yet remains entertaining.
812 Film Reviews
4.5
But if what youre looking for is a nuanced depiction of a truly captivating moment in Americas historyof athletic scandals and beyondback burner I, To ..
The Muse Jezebel
5.0
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Daily Journal
4.4
A good portion of the film is told from Tonyas perspective, hence the title.
M Live
4.5
The complex themes are tied together by the outragous characters and remarkable performances.
Hot Press
3.8
Gillespies film is more than a whitewashed biopic, leaning heavily on dark humor.
K Gun 9
4.5
Gillespie and Rogerss use of humor make entertaining what is essentially a grim tale.
Daily Public
3.8
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The Monitor
4.0
As a result, Gillespies whole tone is a tragic wink straight into barrel.What makes it bearable, and maybe even too pleasurable given its cruel conten ..
Ex Press
0.0
I suppose a quarter century is long enough for some to forgive and forget the misdeeds of such a reprehensible creep.Sorry folks, but youre going to h ..
Baret News Wire
4.5
Director Craig Gillespie deftly creates a story full of humor, suspense, and revelatory events, the latter involving such high stakes some viewers may ..
Arts Fuse
4.0
One of the wildest, wackiest and most unexpectedly entertaining films of the season
Reel Reviews
4.5
But for the most part, Gillespies vibrant filmmaking matches the sheer insanity of the story, a tale which combines a sport that (by design) tends tow ..
My States Man
3.5
But then again the whole movie feels at odds with itself, chiding the audience for disrespecting Hardings underprivileged background while at the same ..
Wbur
4.4
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The Cinema Phile Blog
4.5
I certainly hope that happens because I think its a very unique movie.
Business Insider
4.5
Rousing action and plenty of heart make this a vibrant entry and well worth seeing.
Pasadena Weekly
4.0
For figure skating fans, all eyes are on PyeongChang and the 2018 Winter Olympics.Team U.S.A. has already won the Bronze medal and more metal is expec ..
Womens Voices For Change
3.1
It has a snappy, rib nudging style that is undeniably fun to watch.
Baltimore Magazine
3.8
By She was famous for all of the wrong reasons.Figure skater Tonya Harding was a child prodigy on the ice who battled her way up the competition circu ..
Good Times
4.5
Though occasionally glib, its powerfully pointed about how willingly the public accepted the classist tale about what kind of person Harding was.
Eugene Weekly
4.5
The good journalist does the hard work needed to determine the accurate parts of conflicting stories.
Spokane7
4.0
For those viewers not around when the story hit the papers, look it up on the net before you see this great movie.It embodies everything that makes Am ..
Its Just Movies
4.5
The drama isnt cheapened by comedy, and the comedy doesnt undermine the drama.
Daily Review
3.5
Its there that the films not always convincing construction serves it best as well: with viewers now well familiar with the mockumentary conceit, its ..
Arts Hub
5.0
Through its powerful performances and its blithe but biting tone, I, Tonya is an entertaining film with unexpected emotional resonance.
Newport This Week
5.0
They might have seemed relevant anytimewhich is sad but not enough to dampen the urgency of an exhilarating film.
America Magazine
1.0
Shuffling a cast of clashing voices who riff and annotate the story as it goes along, the movie dares us to guess whether we are watching a truthful d ..
Beta La Times
3.5
Im Rain Jokinen and I wrote my first movie review at the age of twelve.
Mulling Movies
5.0
I, Tonya provides new insight into Hardings public story, boasting an interesting perspective and show stopping performances.But Gillespies latest cin ..
Another Gaze
3.5
A stunning performance by Robbie that should gain her a Best Actress nomination. Who could beat Janneys fearless, cruel performance in the Best Suppor ..
Films In Review
4.2
The salacious details of real life pay off gloriously in this cinematic retelling.
Sassymamainla
5.0
Its a dark humour, for sure, but mixed in with an emotional story is a lot of comedy.
Rogues Portal
1.0
I, Tonyas drubbing pleonasm paradoxically reaches its lowest point when dramatizing its heroines greatest accomplishment: after Harding becomes, in a ..
4 Columns
5.0
Neither Gillespie nor writer Steven Rogers has the sensibility to lucidly, subtly navigate the black comedic tone for which they reach.
The Monthly
4.5
For me, the satire and the humor are what made this film irresistible.
In Style
3.5
It is as though his mind and the minds of his friends shut down at age thirteen and just stayed that way.The shining light is the first coach, but it ..
The Phantom Tokkboth
1.5
Every risible moment exposes the filmmakers class, race and gender contempt its camp on ice and the farthest thing from the gay sensibility that conte ..
Out
4.0
Its pacing is brisk and he even finds inventive ways to film the skating scenes (accomplished with body doubles).
Broadstreet Review
4.0
And the movie certainly doesnt ask us to feel sorry for her.Tonya doesnt want your pity.
Marie Claire
4.8
And taking into account the brilliant performances of Robbie and Janney, the crackling direction and superb script, I, Tonya pulls off its own version ..
Doddle News
4.5
Its a cartoon thing to say, and it got laughs.Its also unforgettably poignant.
First Things
4.4
WARNING: Movie trailer contains graphic language Toward the end of the rollicking, acerbic and whip smart tribute to Tonya Harding, I, Tonya, our hero ..
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