Fighting with My Family
2019
***
Director: Stephen Merchant
Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson, James Burrows, Hannah Rae, Kim Matula, Aqueela Zoll, Ellie Gonsalves
The Knight family in Norwich, England live and breathe wrestling. 18-year-old Saraya and her older brother Zak both dream of wrestling professionally in the WWE, but only she makes it through the try-outs. Stephen Merchant's feelgood film is based on the documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, and it offers a nice mix of English working class comedy and moving character drama. The film was produced by the WWE, so do not expect a balanced view on the merits of wrestling as a sport. Dwayne Johnson plays himself in an extended cameo.
