Reacting to *I, Tonya* 

Allison Janney won an Oscar for this performance and honestly.. She totally deserved it, such a complex and horrible character. I believed her every second she was on screen.

I’m glad you two are sticking around!

My mom was a huge Nancy Kerrigan fan, she wanted to be an ice skater so bad and a leg injury ended her career in high school. This event WRECKED my mom. Tonya was a VILLIAN. Don't think she ever saw her anything other than the destroyer of her dreams, because the woman she was vicariously living through was destroyed, and her career in competitive skating was put in danger of ending too. It was crazy how young I was but how vividly I remember.

I feel like they had to make the movie with a kind of wry and wacky POV, because if they had played it straight, it would have been too emotionally brutal to sit through. During the time of the Olympics, the investigation was still ongoing, so most of the events shown here were unknown to us, and Tonya was the figure who bore the brunt of public scrutiny. And not only was the part with the laces true, the real event was actually MORE dramatic than the movie showed. Tonya took the ice and started her routine...and then stopped it about a minute in, signaled to cut the music, and skated over to the judges' panel to show them her broken lace with tears in her eyes. (The ABC commentators explained that a skater is allowed to halt a routine due to equipment failure without forfeiting.) The judges allowed her to repair the lace and re-start her routine from the beginning, which she did about 5 minutes later. Her score for the full routine was mediocre, and that is what got her the 8th place finish. Nancy Kerrigan ended up winning the Silver medal, having been beaten to the Gold by the young Ukrainian Oksana Baiul, who charmed audiences and became the sweetheart of the Olympics. (Ms Baiul has a difficult story of her own, I hope she is doing well these days.)

Allison Janney 100% deserved the Oscar she won for this

I'm so happy you guys decided to pick up the torch and start this new spinoff channel. You're gonna be successfull there's no doubt in my mind. Can't wait for the 100k subs FAQ special vid' ! LFG !!!

this movie is so stressful. it's so good, but so stressful. I also really appreciate how it humanizes Tonya Harding. I remember back in the day hearing all these jokes about her even when I was a little kid, but never ANYTHING about the husband or his sketchy friend, and certainly nothing about how hard her life was or how everyone had treated her with violence and how harshly she had been judged in the sport. I'm glad the movie was made tbh.

Margot Robbie's best performance!! I love her in this movie.

Yayyyy so excited for this channel! You two are great at what you do.

I just discovered WNR a few days ago and am so happy that you two decided to keep going. This is the first time I've ever watched a movie just so that I could watch a reaction to it, but I couldn't miss your first one over here!

So happy I subbed! This channel is about to POP OFF!!

McKenna Grace is so brilliant! If you haven't seen her movie "Gifted" with Chris Evans it's really good. Though i did have to pause it to calm down at one point because i was crying so much 🤣

So glad to see you two still doing reactions. And congratulations on your wonderful choice of this movie to start with: I haven't seen anyone else do this movie and it's such an outstanding one, with great performances and a wonderful script. Please keep it up!

Wooo first reaction. Not my kind of movie but love to see you two getting to work on this channel. Can't wait to see what comes next.

So happy I found you two lovely ladies through white noise and y’all continued on your reaction journey and gifted us this channel!! Can’t wait to see how far y’all go (and if you’re ever looking for another editor in the future i’m your girl 😉)

Congrats on the first reaction!! Allison Janney in this one reminds me of Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird which is crazy the films went against each other before Janney took best supporting actress

This movie was perfectly cast. I remember when all of this happened, and all of these huge personalities were all over the news and throughout popular culture.

I came over from White Noise. I'm glad you guys started a channel! Good movie to react to! This movie is filled with great actors. Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Mckenna Grace. Also has some great music that fits the scenes perfectly.

The guy who played the Hard copy reporter was a composite character.

Thank you ladies for continuing on! I just adore you both! This movie is so good and Margot and Allison Janney and Sebastian Stan just killed it in this movie!

Thank you for reacting to "I, Tonya"! I didn't know anything about this story, but what was really eye-opening were the hidden costs of being any professional athlete such as fees to enter competitions, fees for the coaches, the costs of pro-level equipment or costumes. The movie really showed how a lot of the best known athletes and performers in the world only beat out the competitors who had the money to compete.

When I was around 8 years old figure skating was barely on my radar except for Snoopy skating in the Peanuts Christmas special. Then I saw Katerina Witt do an exhibition routine to Michael Jackson's Bad and for the next 20-25 years I was a ice skating superfan. I had VHS tapes of my favorite Scott Hamilton routines, every Olympic event, and a lot of World Champion events if my favorite people were competing. I would go on tirades at the drop of a hat about how Gary Beacom or Surya Bonaly got ripped off once again for "not fitting in." It was at the height of my fandom when the Tonya/Nancy stuff went down and I still have VHS tapes of some of these performances, even though I have nothing that plays VHS any more. It was such a bizarre series of events that everybody I knew was suddenly interested in figure skating. I remember thinking, "This must be how hipsters feel when some obscure thing they like suddenly becomes popular." The '90s were an interesting time. --Back then a triple axel was the hardest jump anybody did. The way you spot an axel it's the only jump you start facing forward, meaning you have to do an extra half turn in the air. The other jumps start with skating backwards. --A lot of us had our suspicions about the judging in figure skating being a sh!tshow, with certain skaters like Surya Bonaly doing solid programs yet getting scored lower than seemed right. Then in the early 2000's when Sale and Peltier got ripped off, it came out that some judges weren't just prejudiced, they were actually secretly communicating with each other and fixing matches.

The guy who plays Shawn also plays 'Stingray' in Cobra Kai (which is excellent, BTW). That character is also an overgrown manchild fantasist. I don't want to cast aspersions on the real person, but hoo boy is he good at playing jerks.

I'm so glad Stella is still here ❤❤❤ another subscription added to my list.

Hey! Finally, an I, Tonya reaction. I play the bailiff in this movie. My first speaking role.

Great reaction girls!

YAY! The first reaction. So excited. Sending love and support.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.

Good to see both of you again. I look forward to watching your choice of movies. 👍

I don't know which one of you edits the videos or you just hire someone but if you edit yourself, I just want to say an extra thank you for keeping the channel going and putting in so much time and effort for us to enjoy.

First actual reaction post and they've already got over 7,000 subscribers. Oh, yeah. The Force is strong with these two.😉

What a rough movie 😭😭 I wouldn't have watched it without you though, girls ☺ So glad we have the oportunity to continue watching your reactions, thank you !! 🥰✨

Yesss, so exciting that you decided to keep posting reactions together, and this was an awesome first one! Looking forward for whats to come!

Thank you RU-vid for the recommend. But I’m joining the Patreon for the full experience. I’ve missed Hayley and Stella so much! Thank you for carrying on the torch you two!

Wonderful reaction:)

Omg yeaaah so excited for you guys to start your journey! 💖💖💖

A thoroughly underrated movie. Margo and Allison were great but I think Stan was over looked.

I've never seen the movie but i got anxiety from just watching the reaction 😂. I remember when it happened and suddenly and suddenly Nancy and Tanya were as popular as the president. I didn't watch the final videos from the other channel but i was very happy when i found this video suggested to me. Congrats on the new channel and I'm looking forward to more to come. From now on I'm calling it "descrimption"

im so glad i still have you two! excited for this first reaction

First video of the channel! Glad to see you two continue making content 😊

Happy you two are continuing the reacts!

Omg so happy that you two decided to continue! I'm hitting the sub button asap.

I just watched this movie like 2 weeks ago..lol. Glad to see you guy reacting to it now on the new channel👏♥️

Id love to see you react to Colossal and Ingrid Goes West

so happy for you both creating your own channel!!

Really glad to see that you two decided to carry on with these reactions.

Please consider the original Planet of the Apes from 1968! And the sequels Also Tron Legacy. I was sad you two weren’t there for that one. Edit: Oh wait, it was said you two watched it already. Damn!

Giiiirls, going in STRONG with this one on your new channel! I hope you'll grow a lot, watch a lot of awesome movies and I wish for you to have a great time. Sending hugs and lots of encouragement! ❤

Great first reaction vid Hayley and Stella! I'm already enjoying your new channel! 😃 This movie totally had me reacting "Oh my god" during crazy moments such as everyone being very violent. It was a sad and depressing movie I agree. However it did have some good moments in it.

I am so excited for your channel!! ❤️

Congrats on the new channel, Hayley and Stella! This was such a grim movie, and so hard to watch. I wish the film had emphasized that Nancy Kerrigan came from a very similar background -- she was not wealthy at all, very lower-middle-class financially, and her mother was disabled (blind). She and Tonya were actually good friends for a few years, not just the brief interlude shown here. Nancy got a pretty severe backlash for not being the "pretty swan princess" she was presented as being, but to be fair, that was never who she was. She was another kid from tough beginnings and could sometimes mouth off. Meanwhile, there was also supposedly a lot more hard evidence against Tonya as far as her involvement and awareness of the plot. But the film really got to me as someone who grew up poor -- Tonya's abuse from multiple sides meant she had almost no chance, so it's great to know she is finally happy and stable out there in her life.

Congratulations on your first reaction drop! I was a kid when this incident happened and it left such a huge impact on me. I was a big figure skating fan as a kid (just watching) and this Tonya vs Nancy saga was massive.

Oooph, rough but great first film for y’all. Sooo happy for & excited for you ladies! ❤

I'm happy to see you two doing reactions. This one was a winner and I look forward to more!

What a great movie for the first reaction! Congrats you two!!

I’m so excited to go on this journey with you guys on the new channel so fun! 😊

hi from chile! 😍

It's great to see you both and nice reaction as always. Excited to see y'alls journey on this channel.

thanks for carrying on the reacting channel after white noise :).....i feel very much connected to u guys

Kung Fu Panda 4 is coming out in about 2 weeks time, you guys should definitely do that.

So glad you guys came out with your own channel! It's gonna do great. I know it 😊

this is such an amazing movie. everyone was just fantastic in it. also i'm so glad you two will continue movie reactions. seeing y'all pop up over there was always such a treat. so glad you'll be continuing on.

Just so you're aware, Nimona has been released on RU-vid, in full, by Netflix very recently, and it's up for awards soon. I hope it helps out!

I'm so glad you continue to do reaction ! The movie looks good

best wishes on the new journey!

So glad you two made a channel!❤ This movie is so saadd, but a very good movie!

So happy you two are still going with your own channel hope it all goes well and can't to see much more from you two to come

Great reaction you guys! I saw this movie in the theaters and I loved it. I was in college when the Kerrigan attack happened. I remember what a spectacle they made of Tonya’s life. Her name is forever tarnished and linked with “cheat to win.” Keep up the great work!

glad to see this channel come to life

Awesome congratulations on your new channel ❤!

Excited for y'all and what's to come on your channel.

Love your reaction, hope you guys have much views and subscribers

Margot Robbie trained for 4 months for this role. She had 2 stunt doubles

Your channel popped up on my feed literally earlier today so its cool to get onboard with a new reaction channel so soon, specially with a film i havent seen a reaction to yet (although i have seen the film and Margot is awesome). Good luck with the channel 😀

I like Margot Robbie because she just seems like a very sweet, genuine person

Girls! If you haven't already you should totally watch Society of the Snow! It's a great film!!

Me and my mom had been watching the Olympics since 1968! We both loved skating, gymnastics, etc. "This episode" brings back bad memories. Ugg!

Yay! Glad to see you two again! Liked & subbed!

The first time I’ve ever heard of this movie.

I'm so glad you two decided to continue your channel. Regarding "I, Tonya" , In real life it does have a happy ending (not in the film) . Her proudest moment is no longer her " triple axel" but being a good mother to her child. I would like to suggest a film for you two to review it is titled "Dialogues With Mad Women" it's a documentary by Alli White, I think you'll enjoy it.

Yesssss this is def in my shortlist of favorite movies!!

ENGAGEMENT~ So glad you guys are giving it a go on your own ^^

When they say soft four, it means that she very recently turned four (days or even weeks after turning four).

The night of the Olympics when Tonya and Nancy skated I was working in my college faculty dining club job and the chefs brought in TV's to watch the drama. Lol. Apparently it was the top 10 TV non Super Bowl broadcast of all time!

Awesome Reaction ! Great girls !

kicking off your channel with a banger indie flick is fantastic. the two of you are gunna choose some great flicks and add (once again) your distinctive opinions and perspectives, and thats why im here. im curious and absolutely invested in what types of films you choose to explore as you launch your channel.

Yay!! So excited that you are watching this movie, everyone's performance was unreal, and I'm also so down for a Margot Robbie movie marathon

Yay congrats! I'll be watching this tonight :)

Fantastic effort, team! Having lived through the Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding drama, it's intriguing to witness how historical events can be condensed into a tragicomic narrative on a broader spectrum. Yes, in "I, Tonya," the incident involving the broken shoelace during the 1994 Winter Olympics was a real occurrence. Tonya Harding experienced issues with her skate during her free skate performance at the Olympics. A shoelace on her skate broke, affecting her ability to perform the jumps she had planned. This incident added to the challenges Harding faced during that competition. The film portrays this event as part of the larger narrative of the difficulties and controversies surrounding Tonya Harding's figure skating career.

Supertramp Breakfast in America. one of the greatest album of all time.

Holding out for last conetto movie the world's end! My favorite of the 3 ^^

Tonya worked with them on the movie. It’s pretty much right on.

Count us as thrilled that you'll be continuing to entertain us.

I grew up in Oregon and actually skated at 27:54 Clackamas Town Center mall where Connie Chung is broadcasting from. Since it was the early 90's, one of my first girlfriends looked exactly like Tonya. And everything looked just like the movie. So it's all a bit bizarre (but there was no violence, thank goodness.)

I was in grade 4 when this event happened. It was a pretty big deal, and we all watched it on the tv and talked about it in school. I loved the format of this movie, and everyone in it killed it!

For some reason, YT didn't tell me about your first video. So now you're the ONLY channel I set for notifications. So there. :)

Really like this movie, for all its despicable characters, and loved your reaction(s) as always. Tbh, Stella and Hayley, your reactions were always my favorites on White Noise, kind of how I first got into that channel. So I'm very happy to see you two continuing to do this here, your reactions have always been incredibly thoughtful and genuine. Looking forward to continue to follow you two on your journey. Congrats on the new channel :) --- Jon

Per your conversation at the end about performer parents, would highly recommend The Iron Claw from last year starring Zac Efron. Incredibly powerful and insane true story about the Von Erich family in wrestling. Definitely bring tissues for that cause it’s a heavy dramatic film but all the performances, especially Efron, are excellent.

Great choice to start with.

Harding also completed a few stints on reality television. She appeared on Dancing with the Stars and Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition. These days, she focuses on her family and says that she has been working as a custodian. She also skates for fun.

I'm really glad you guys decided to continue with reaction videos.