I, Tonya premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 8, 2017. Loosely based on actual events, the film depicts Harding as a victim, reframing the narrative around her implication in the aftermath of the crime and other criticism of her actions. Julianne Nicholson, Caitlin Carver, Paul Walter Hauser, and Bobby Cannavale also star. Margot Robbie (who also produced) stars as Harding, Sebastian Stan as Gillooly, and Allison Janney as Harding's mother LaVona Golden. ![]() It features darkly comedic interviews with the characters in mockumentary-style, set in the modern day, and breaks the fourth wall. ![]() This means the viewer must decide for themselves whether to see the film as the truth or as a version concocted by Harding herself. ![]() The film states that it is based on "contradictory" and "true" interviews with Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, suggesting they are unreliable narrators. It follows the life of figure skater Tonya Harding and her connection to the 1994 attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. ![]() I, Tonya is a 2017 American biographical sports black comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Steven Rogers.
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