Overview
A gripping tale of ambition and scandal in the world of competitive sports.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- sardonic
- irreverent
- award season viewing
- sports movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's energetic tragicomic approach, strong performances, and ability to find humor without minimizing the abuse and emotional pain in Harding's story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Tonya and people around her offer conflicting recollections of the abuse, relationships, skating career, and Kerrigan incident.
Tonya's extraordinary skating ability is repeatedly judged against the figure-skating establishment's ideals of grace, breeding, and privilege.
The as-told-to humor and flamboyant presentation repeatedly give way to scenes of domestic abuse and psychological damage.
Martin Maddox represents the sports media's appetite for a legible antagonist after the attack on Nancy Kerrigan.
Films like I, Tonya, and why
Erin Brockovich
shared biographical storytelling, abrasive humor, class conflict, and a central woman resisting social expectations
The Wrestler
shared sports competition, working-class ambition, domestic hardship, and emotionally complex character study
Foxcatcher
shared dark comedy, fractured perspectives, media spectacle, and uncomfortable social satire
American Animals
shared irreverent biopic form, class resentment, stylized violence, and tragicomic outsider protagonists
Movie Details
- Director
- Craig Gillespie
- Release Date
- 2017-12-07
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (6319)
Cast
- Margot Robbie
- Sebastian Stan
- Allison Janney
- Julianne Nicholson
- Paul Walter Hauser
- Bobby Cannavale
- Bojana Novaković
- Caitlin Carver
- Maizie Smith
- Mckenna Grace
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I, Tonya about?
- A fiercely funny and bruisingly empathetic portrait of Tonya Harding, whose athletic brilliance collides with abuse, class prejudice, and media mythology.
- What is I, Tonya like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I, Tonya as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I, Tonya violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in I, Tonya as moderate.
- What did critics think of I, Tonya?
- Critics broadly praised the film's energetic tragicomic approach, strong performances, and ability to find humor without minimizing the abuse and emotional pain in Harding's story.
- Which films are like I, Tonya?
- Films with a similar feel include Erin Brockovich, The Wrestler, Foxcatcher, and American Animals.
- How long is I, Tonya?
- I, Tonya runs 120 minutes.
- Where can I watch I, Tonya?
- In United States, I, Tonya is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
