Did you hear the one about the Olympic figure skating scandal involving a few of the top ranked female skaters in the world? You know, where the husband hires a couple of thugs to bash the knee caps of the champ? Oh, don't remember that huh? You may be too young to enjoy this one then but if you want an awesome depiction of some bizarre history in sports this is it! Lets start with the acting, phenomenal! We all know these actors can in fact act by their resume but Robbie kills the Harding attitude and poor me demeanor. Unfortunately she is so much hotter than the real Tonya it was a bit distracting. Then you have Janney who dominated the screen. She was evil, selfish, white trash, and so damn real that she crushed this role. If she doesn't win for best supporting something is definitely wrong with the voting (newsflash). The scene cutting and breaking the 4th wall was very direct and original which really brought the movie together. There are quite a few ice skating scenes where you think, wow, did Robbie actually learn how to skate for this? The CGI was very well done and made it look extremely real. It was a bit like Goodfellas met Ice Skating and really succeeded. I would watch this movie again and put it up there as Outstanding!
FYI: Janney actually was a trained ice skater until an accident to her leg forced her out.
*****
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