It's surprising in a way it took Hollywood so long to make a film about Tonya Harding - she's got such great name recognition and it's clearly going to be a fantastic role for whoever played her. Maybe it was too associated with 90s scandal like OJ or the Menendez brothers, or Amy Fisher.
It actually reminded me of a 1990s film - To Die For with Nicole Kidman. It has the same pieces to camera, and protagonists' love of fame, and look at the dark underbelly of American society, etc.
This has some funny lines, and strongly etched characters - Tony, her mother, her abusive husband Jeff, his idiot mate. It does feel very familiar at times. Once or twice though it was surprising and moved me - such as Tonya doing the triple. But all too often it felt "surface".
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