So I've seen I, Tonya

Just got out of it. Outstanding film & even better than I expected. Margot Robbie brought it strong (as did Janney ) Also was impressed with Stan as the controlling dipshit bf . I have no clue how the director filmed some of the skating scenes (movie magic!) . Highly recommend seeing this in theaters if you can

9/10

Really loved this.  While Robbie and Janney were both fantastic, Paul Walter Hause really deserves some recognition.

I think it's definitely what they were going for and he nailed it.  Robbie is my win too, I hope she picks up traction with the industry awards.

I was actually really pleasantly surprised by the film. Being born at the end of the 80s and from Germany I feel like Harding isn't someone you're necessarily familiar with. So I found the movie very interesting. It was very well done, even though I feel like one can clock the moments where there's CGI involved in the skating sequences.

The acting was also quite strong, yet not as strong as I expected. Robbie is a talented actress and I already found her exceptional in Wolf of Wall Street. As Tonya she is really very good. However I would've cast another actress for the scenes in which she was supposed to be 15. I just didn't buy her as a teenager and the pouting was a bit too obvious. I overall think that she reads slightly older than she is so, yeah, I would've cast someone else for those scenes. Overall though I really liked her performance. I don't nominate her, tho.
Being a huge fan of Janney I am extremely happy about her getting all the love. Sadly her character is a bit cliche and she isn't able to convey emotions like for example Metcalf in Lady Bird.

What obviously is an Oscar vehicle for Robbie turned out to be quite an entertaining, exciting and interesting movie.

It's a solid 8 for me.

Liked this a lot, more than I thought I would. Robbie was fantastic and is definitely one of my favourite BA contenders that I've seen (I slightly prefer Ronan and McDormand, but it's close). Janney was also really good despite having a kinda one-note character, and Stan was very solid. It sometimes felt a little slight and superficial, and could feel a little too reminiscent of Scorsese with some of the directorial choices, but on the whole it was an absolute blast to watch. Those skating scenes were phenomenal.

I wonder what it would have been like if Bennett Miller had directed it. Certainly less of a wannabe-spawn of David O. Russell anyways...

Quoted for truth. And Miller is exactly who I thought about after watching this. I think his ultra-serious tone would work very interestingly with such a shiny type of sport.

Just saw this. The performances are fine, but the film does come off a bit sensationalist. Tonya is portrayed as an uneducated woman who can do nothing but skating and violence, and her husband as a brainless wife-beater. Both director and writer even mock them from time to time, especially in the case of Gilooly ("... and it got me thinking, which isn't always my strength,...") and his pal Shawn ("You're not a secret agent, you're just a fat nobody gas bag"). It seems like their intention was to make a biopic the most straightforward as possible, but the result is nothing more than a 'cheap flick'.

Probably the funniest movie of the year imo

Oh boy, this is going to get a slew of nominations. The Academy will love this movie to DEATH.

Margot Robbie is PHENOMENAL, she's my personal favorite Best Actress contender this year. Janney was a bit uhm. I mean, she's good and all, but is she really that juggernaut that she's made out to be? I think not.

The direction, the editing and the screenplay - although some tiny bits slightly put me off - really added something to the movie. It's a bit like David O. Russell-meets-Whiplash sort of style, but in a good way.

Really surprised that this didn't make the cut for SAG Ensemble, it's really up their alley. It was a serious satirical dramedy. It's a weird definition, I know, but I think it applies well to this movie.

8/10

Adding my thoughts to the pile:

It feels very much like Craig Gillespie binge-watched Goodfellas, Casino and The Wolf of Wall Street every night while making this film. And there are times where the Scorsese flourishes are so blatant as to be almost Lufthansa Heist-level. But where David O. Russell crashed and burned when he tried to ape Marty, Gillespie manages to slalom skillfully along without too many bumps, aided by a strong (if somewhat overly tongue-in-cheek) script by Steven Rogers. The film feels very much like a rhinestone in a sea of diamonds, and I mean that as a compliment; it lends credence to the film’s message that beneath the glitter and glitz, there are bruises and broken limbs.

The cast is pretty solid across the board, and of course Allison Janney has the showiest of the supporting roles as Tonya’s loathsome mother. It’s the sort of acid-tongued, chain-smoking, dont-give-a-fuck dragon lady archetype that becomes the favored part for women of a certain age, and of course Janney rips into it with gusto. For the most part it works, but there are moments where I feel the film refuses to give LaVona any real pathos, and as a character she comes off a bit malformed in the final cut.

Of course, a film like this lives and dies by its lead, and Margot Robbie is more than up for bearing the burden. Her Tonya is at times tragic, at times contemptible, but never feels anything less than real. Neither she nor the film blunt Harding’s more unsavory aspects, nor do they make her overly sympathetic. The film’s mission statement is not to exonerate or to absolve, but rather to understand, and for the most part I think its message does come across.