Movie Review: I, Tonya

I, Tonya is a movie about the life of figure skater Tonya Harding and the connection to the 1994 attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. If you are looking for action, thriller, suspense, romance, comedy... I, Tonya is definitely not the one.

But the casts definitely brought their A game to this one.

It is a true life story that tells about the struggle of a young woman who fights to be the only thing she knows how to do best but learnt the hard way that talent is never enough.

Prejudiced in the competition for being 'white trash' which translates to mean that she can't be the face of America in the Winter Olympics even though she was the first female figure skater to complete two tripe axel jumps.

I loved I, Tonya because it talks about abuse and how making the wrong choices can cost you your dreams. Even though Tonya Harding believed she will become the best figure skaters in the United States, the abuse she faced as a child by her mother and her boyfriend/husband damaged her in every way.
The judges wanted someone who had a wholesome American family, but Tonya was just 'Tonya'

After she received death threats prior to the 1994 Olympics perpetrated by her bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt, unbeknownst to her, her husband Jeff Gillooly also arrange to have death threats sent to Tonya's rival Nancy Kerrigan but Shawn hires a pair of crooks to her attacked instead.

Tonya comes in eight place in the Olympics while Nancy who suffered a knee injury from the attack places second.

Tonya was barred from competitive figure skating for life.

I, Tonya will teach you that a little competition is healthy. You don't need to get rid of the competition to be the best.

Life choices will influence you either positively or negatively.

Early abuse can lead to a thwarted personality.

Walk away by any means from a bad relationship, it will cost you everything in the end.

Whatever you go through in life, no matter how bad it is, it is not your fault.

Always be the best you can be and never forget that your talent is not enough.

Tonya Harding was potrayed by Margot Robbie notable in Suicide Squad, Wolf of Wall Street, Focus, The Legend of Tarzan etc. Jeff Gillooly was potrayed by Sebastian Stan notable in Gossip Girl, Once Upon a Time etc. Tonya's mother LaVona Harding was potrayed by Allison Janney.

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