Fighting with My Family (2019)

Directed by

Stephen Merchant

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, sport film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 1,887 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a wrestling-obsessed family tries out for the WWE. Her brother struggles when he does not make the cut.

upliftingenergeticheartfeltfunnyinspirationalfamily-centeredfast-paced

What happens

Fighting with My Family is a 2019 biographical sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephen Merchant. Based on the 2012 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family by Max Fisher, it depicts the career of English professional wrestler Paige as she makes her way to WWE, while also following her brother Zak Zodiac, as he struggles with his failure to achieve similar success. Florence Pugh and Jack Lowden star as Paige and Zodiac respectively, alongside Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Vince Vaughn, and Dwayne Johnson, with the latter also acting as producer. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 28 January 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on 14 February 2019. It received positive reviews from critics, particularly for Merchant's directing and the performances of Pugh and Vaughn. The film grossed $41.5 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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