Terrific performances by Margot Robbieas the once top American competitive figure skater Tonya Harding, and Allison Janney as her extremely unsentimental and foul-mouthed mother, propel this high-energy film, inspired/based on Harding’s climb to top of her sport as well as her fall in the aftermath of the physical attack on her #1 US competitor, Nancy Kerrigan. Played for humour and tragedy, with the actors frequently speaking directly to us in the audience, this is a tale that needs to be seen to be believed.
