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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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