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Author Topic: I, Tonya (2017) Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 02-17-2018 10:53 PM                        CINEMA: Regal Warren East, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 13 PRESENTATION: Regal Roller Coaster Vision with standard stadium seating PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None RATING: Three stars (out of four) Noovie has a promo encouraging advertising with Noovie, claiming "no distractions". Apparently the people at NCM have never heard of smart phones, which pretty much everyone has in front of their face. The asshole behind me is watching a political program with the volume full blast so he can hear it over Noovie. Which means we can ALL hear it. At least three of us are glaring at him and his wife is trying to get him to turn it down, but he obviously feels he's the most important person in the room. THE PLOT: A little girl skates. Wackiness ensues. It's almost sad how much fun this movie is to watch. Tonya Harding's complete train wreck of a life is unfolded through the well-known names involved in or around "the incident"...the attack on Nancy Kerrigan ahead of the 1994 Winter Olympics, the buffoonery behind the attack being absolutely mind-boggling. The story is often told through recreations of interviews and a lot of third wall dropping. Not ONE single character is likable. Not even Nancy Kerrigan. But Allison Janney as Harding's mother is deliciously evil, stealing every scene she's in. If you want to feel better about your own life, this is the movie to see.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 02-18-2018 10:54 AM                        From around the same time, a movie about Mary Decker and Zola Budd would probably have one leaving the theater with similar thoughts, too. Will definitely try to see this one, though given the very cautious programming in the 'plexes around here (Hillary's America is the only documentary my local one has played in the five years I've lived here, that I'm aware of), it'll probably be on BD or Netflix.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2018 11:06 AM                        An definitive guilty pleasure. Who knew that child and spouse abuse could be so funny? Well shot and well edited. You feel that everyone was having fun with it.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 02-18-2018 05:40 PM                        quote: Sam Graham The story is often told through recreations of interviews and a lot of third wall dropping. FOURTH wall. That’s the phrase, right? I’m too lazy to look it up.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2018 11:02 PM                        Yes, the third wall would be stage left, probably.  |  IP: Logged

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