From Fighting with My Family.
Saraya (Florence Pugh) and her brother Zak (Jack Lowden) have grown up in a family of wrestlers, wrestling together as a family with their parents (Nick Frost and Lena Headey) at their small gym/arena in England all the while desperately hoping for a chance to compete in the WWE. Now that Zak and Saraya are grown-up, they work with their parents training other kids how to wrestle when they get the call from Hutch Morgan (Vince Vaughn) inviting them to try out for WWE’s program NXT. The brother and sister are beyond excited for the opportunity to live out their dreams, unfortunately, Zak doesn’t make it past the first round of tryouts, but encourages Saraya to go to America as a representative for the family. Away from her family for the first time, Saraya is faced with challenges on all sides: parents’ business, stage fright, and grueling daily training. As part of her training, she takes on the wrestling persona Paige, and while she does have skills and style in the ring, her attitude before and after the match leaves her disliked by the American fans. Ready to quit, she goes home for a week to see her family and is shocked to find that while her parents and gym are relatively the same, Zak is spiraling out of control since his WWE rejection. As only siblings can do, the two push each other to get back on track, for themselves and the family; so with renewed determination, Saraya returns to America intent on showing Morgan, the other wrestlers, and the world that they should never underestimate the Knight family.
This movie does a good job of introducing audiences to the world to the world of fixed fighting that is the WWE. It somehow manages to be funny, inspiring, and touching all at once. The scenes with the Knight family are hilarious, Dwayne Johnson’s brief role is entertaining, and the cameos from various wrestling legends are great. Fighting with My Family is a surprisingly captivating movie for WWE fans, old and new alike.
| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 108 minutes |Genre: comedy/sports/biography |
||Family Viewing||Cursing: 3 of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 1 of 10|Gore: 1 of 10
|AVAILABLE FOR HOME VIEWING|
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