Trailer Trash

I, TONYA (C) - A cartoonish account of the fascinating trailer-trash tale of Tonya Harding, the hard-luck figure skater whose husband and associated thugs knee-capped Nancy Carrigan during the 1994 winter Olympics.  Margot Robbie is passable as Harding; Allison Janney chews scenery unconvincingly as the mean mother. Others are mostly forgettable, cast mostly for their resemblance to key players. Broad caricatures and historical liberties abound.

The CGI gymnastics endeavor to place Robbie's head on the bodies of real figure skaters, and the trick is noticeable at times; a silly choice by director Craig Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl"). The scattered soundtrack is mostly annoying. Any number of documentaries on the subject are preferable to this Lifetime-level effort, reminiscent of that 1970s Evel Knievel movie starring George Hamilton.


A SONG FOR YOU, THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS STORY (C) - A rather flat and fawning look at the venerable PBS concert series that dates to the 1970s and was launched by a pre-braids Willie Nelson. The hero here is Terry Lickona, who joined in season four and is now the executive producer, nearly 40 years later. Drab staff meetings drag this down and distract from the performances. With so many great artists (Ray Charles and Lyle Lovett) to choose from, a clip job would have sufficed. Sometimes the story behind the story just isn't that interesting. A bunch of hippies in Austin decided to fill air time, and the show grew from a little hoedown to a cutting-edge showcase for the likes of Wilco and Radiohead. The music speaks for itself.

BONUS TRACK 
Jeff Tweedy, covering Doug Sahm's "Give Back the Keys to My Heart":