If I had to pick one word to describe I,Tonya, it would be anarchic. This is a very dark comedy, the laughs are more out of nervousness than anything else. The acting is first rate. I loved Margot Robbie in Goodbye Christopher Robin and here, as Tonya Harding, she is unrecognisable from her character in that earlier film. Of course Allison Janney deserved her Oscar for her performance as Tonya's horrible mother. Craig Gillespie's direction is smart and the script by Steven Rogers is very clever. All in all, a bit of a shattering experience.
Jennifer Lawrence carries this glossy spy thriller with conviction, if not style. It seems to be a vehicle for her attractive talents, but we never get past this is Jennifer Lawrence we are watching, not the character. She is hardly ever off the screen. There is also the distraction of the Russian accents, some good some really bad. The story is OK but the screenplay is clunky and the rest of the cast seem to be going through the motions. It's Jennifer's movie, so we needn't bother to try. Francis Lawrence has ramped up the violence, I just wonder what they cut to make it a 15 release.
An entertaining comedy thriller with a sharp script, Rachel McAdams and husband Jason Bateman (Annie and Max) host the game night from hell. Well, they would have, except Max's brother hijacks their regular competition with friends and stages something at his own house that we never know is real or not. The action is consistently crazy and there is much hilarity throughout. Directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daly are well up to the task and the screenplay by Mark Perez is a treat. He cleverly interweaves the sometimes strained relationships between the couples with the plot. I laughed a lot.
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