Fighting with My Family

2019
PG-13
1h 48m

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7.0/10

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Docudrama Biography Comedy Drama Sport

A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

89K

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2,065

126

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Awards
- 10 wins & 5 nominations

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
(as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson)

Lena Headey

Julia Knight

Vince Vaughn

Hutch

Florence Pugh

Saraya Knight

Thomas Whilley

Young Zak

Tori Ellen Ross

Young Saraya
(as Tori Ross)

Nick Frost

Ricky Knight

Jack Lowden

Zak Knight

Olivia Bernstone

Ellie

Leah Harvey

Hannah

Mohammad Amiri

Christine Ozanne

Old Lady

Grace Link

Townie #1

Hannah Dodd

Townie #2

Jack Gouldbourne

Calum

Elroy Powell

Union Jack
(as Elroy 'Spoonface' Powell)

Hannah Rae

Courtney

Julia Davis

Daphne

Director
- Stephen Merchant
Writer
- Stephen Merchant
All cast & crew
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Trivia
While the film portrays the NXT crowd as somewhat against Paige, there were actually a lot of people who cheered her and recognized her from her family's independent wrestling promotion.

Goofs
Paige is seen as a young girl holding a homemade cardboard version of the WWE Divas title, however this title wasn't introduced until 2008, by which time Paige was 16.

Quotes
Julia Knight: Dick me dead, and bury me pregnant.

Crazy credits
The scenes over the end credits come from the 2012 UK Channel 4 documentary 'The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family'. This is supposedly the documentary The Rock saw that got him interested in producing a film about Paige's story.

Alternate versions
In order to obtain a PG-13 rating in the US, some swearing was edited out of the film. The Blu-ray included an R-rated 'director's cut' which restores the edits.

Connections
Featured in The Film Brain Podcast: Wrestling with "Fighting with My Family" (2019)

Soundtracks
Electrifying
Written by Jim Johnston (as James Alan Johnston)
Performed by Jim Johnston
Licensed courtesy of WWE, Inc.

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Featured review

8/10

Delivered more than I expected

Although I'm a casual wrestling fan of over 20 years, I wasn't really planning on seeing this. Paige was a good wrestler, but her life story wasn't something I had any interest in. However, even if a lot of stuff might of been "enhanced," the movie doesn't fail to be entertaining. There's a surprisingly good amount of sharp wit and one-liners without being too screwball and keeping the drama intact. All the cast is great, especially Vince Vaughn as the coach who has to dash the recruits' dreams.

But I thought it glossed over too much of what made her special enough to rise in the first place. Sure she had the talent, but if you want to know how she made jump to champion then you're going to be disappointed. So they could've expanded a bit more on that.

Overall, it was a fun time and I can give a hearty recommendation even if you don't care for wrestling.