On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90%, based on 157 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Led by strong work from Margot Robbie and Alison Janney, I, Tonya finds the humor in its real-life story without losing sight of its more tragic — and emotionally resonant — elements."[23] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 76 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[24]