A closeup shot of Tonya Harding’s skate crushing a lit cigarette serves as a visual representation of the figure skater as a whole in I, Tonya, a biography of her life and the events that led to her controversial end in the sport. Harding was a force in the skating world: unrefined, rebellious, and unapologetic but with a raw talent that world had never seen before or since. It makes sense Harding’s tenure in the figure skating world ended in controversy. I, Tonya, directed by Craig Gillespie, doesn’t shy from the darker turns her life took, the film’s screenplay working from rumor and the unreliable narration of the people around her. It’s a stunning story, dark and comical in equal turns, and the film relays the events in splendid fashion as well as giving us a star-making turn by Australian actress Margot Robbie as the eponymous character. ›››
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