An uproarious pitch-black comedy with bite, Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya is a confrontational examination of modern society and culture, questioning our collective consciousness' judgemental nature, and the destruction it can bring to those underneath the microscope. While the film is unquestionably apologetic to Tonya Harding, Gillespie's film asserts that her saga is a reflection on all of us, detailing how preconcieved notions about gender, class, and variant cultures only fuel the media feeding frenzy, one that's salacious nature is a reflection of societies lust for blood. In I Tonya, Harding is a flawed but tragic character, an individual whom is a victim of her own circumstances, searching for affection the only way she believes is possible - through fame. Her thirst for approval is cultivated due to a dispassionate mother, as Tonya Harding stumbles through life attempting to find a sense of approval and love. Structurally playful, yet thematically assured, I Tonya skewers this ideal of objective truth in modern society, recognizing that humankind itself may be incapable of objectivity, when so much of the world is viewed through our own prism which is unquestionably distorted by our own personal truths. Featuring a compelling lead performance by Margot Robbie which perfectly balances the outlandish with piercing moments of emotional resonance, Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya is confrontational deconstruction of the toxic and perpetual nature of this relationship between mankind's inability to be judgment free and a 24 news cycle which feeds off it.
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