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47 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthDespite the darker edges, I, Tonya embraces the surreality of the story and winningly plays it mostly for comedy, with dips into drama, while crucially never mocking the central players.
- 90VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIt’s a serious blast, with a plot that zigs and zags (but only because it sticks, within reason, to the facts), and a cast of characters who are so eccentrically scuzzy that maybe no one could have dreamed them up.
- 83The Film StageThe Film StageI, Tonya succeeds because of the pathos it creates.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichRobbie, for her part, has never been better. Making the most of her first leading role since Z for Zachariah, she does a brilliant job of skating along the thin line that runs between glory and the gutter. Sympathetic but not too sympathetic, her performance is all that allows the film to maintain its tenuous hold over its queasy tragicomedy.
- 80Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganWhile it’s a consistently entertaining and often poignant film which addresses a wide range of issues under the stealth cover of humour, I, Tonya also gives Robbie the chance – her first, really – to show her full range as an actress. And she shines.
- 80ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyIt’s a blisteringly funny and sympathetic portrait of the Olympian led by an outstanding, confident performance from Margot Robbie.
- 80Craig Gillespie’s take on Tonya’s story, the hilarious and gut-punching I, Tonya, is a nearly pitch-perfect black comedy that distills the sensational story into two potent insights very relevant to 2017. It’s a movie about class, and it’s a movie about the nature of truth. And somehow it’s also a supremely entertaining sports movie.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeI, Tonya spins a convincing yarn despite, or maybe because of, its surfeit of unreliable narrators.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinI, Tonya is not by any means a weeper. It’s a black comedy, and parts of it are too broad, like a second-rate Coen brothers movie.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThis is a broad, frequently cartoonish romp that plays like a less effective mishmash of To Die For and Fargo. The blunt, unashamed crudeness does provide some laughs but the tonal shifts are often uncomfortably handled.