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Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
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3.5
Yet what is more remarkable is at its heart, Merchants movie is better than just a successful hybrid of Hollywood and WWE gloss: its also an authentic ..
Den Of Geek
4.0
This funny, heartfelt movie represents a huge step up for WWE Studios.
Common Sense Media
3.2
The Rock produced and appears (as himself!) in an amiable family dramedy about the path to glory of real life WWE champion Paige, but its Pugh that ma ..
Indie Wire
4.5
She even nails the slight botch on the Paige Turner in the re enactment of Paiges Monday Night Raw debut.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
Florence Pugh brings her indie attitude to a lovable wrestling comedy of heart and sweat.
Time Out
4.0
Florence Pugh commands the ring in Fighting With My Family, an underdog wrestling comedy with lots of heart alongside some likeable sports movie clich ..
Screen Daily
4.0
But Merchant isnt contemptuous of the spectacle which, to be fair, isnt a surprising stance since WWE oversaw the project.
Screen Daily
4.5
Whether its the hardcore wrestling scenes or the emotional exchanges with her sibling, Pugh doesnt miss a beat.
ETimes (TOI)
3.5
0 This is a repost of my review from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Collider
4.5
What makes it memorable are its funny, sad little corners of very specific humanity.
Vulture
3.9
There are so many inspirational dramedies about scrappy dreamers from struggling, working class British towns trying to succeed in a field thats forei ..
Paste Magazine
3.9
Fun, feel good comedy with heart & a surprising amount of grit makes for a solid addition to the wrestling movie canon.
IGN
4.0
Odd couples are a staple of filmed comedy in front of the camera, at least.
Telegraph
4.0
Paige and her brother Zak (Florence Pugh and Jack Lowden) want nothing more than to be professional wrestlers, to be whisked away from their small tow ..
The Young Folks
3.5
Fighting With My Family Review Movie Review Fighting With My Family is a smackdown between humor and heart, telling a story that inspires and entertai ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
Fighting With My Family 8 10 PLOT: Saraya Bevis (Florence Pugh) is raised to be a wrestler by her mom (Lena Headey) and dad (Nick Frost).
JoBlo
3.5
Share Tweet Email Copy Link Copied Fighting with My Family succeeds as a crowd pleasing sports movie, thanks to its sharp wit and sincere apprecation ..
Screen Rant
3.1
There are few shocks along the way... but all the obligatory ups and downs are given decent weight by Pugh, as well as Nick Frost and Lena Headey as h ..
The Globe And Mail
3.8
Hutch chooses Saraya for the WWEs Florida training program, but Zak doesnt make the cut, leaving a rift between brother and sister.
Philly
4.0
STORY: Based on the 2012 documentary with the same name, Fighting with my Family is the true story of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Sar ..
4.0
Intimate portrait of an English girl who dreams of entering the wild and wonderful world of pro wrestling.
Spirituality And Practice
3.1
In fight classifications, Fighting with My Family is a featherweight a no strain showing comedy thats easy to pin, even easier to like.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
10 1 7 / 10 Dwayne Johnson is a busy man these days, making sure hes represented on the big screen at least a couple times every year.
Blu Ray
4.4
Merchant finds a steady, sturdy combination of hard working class English edge (innit) and heartfelt sentiment; he gets close to The Full Monty territ ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Become a fan on Facebook Follow on Twitter Review by Mark Dujsik | February 24, 2019 One of the things that Fighting with My Family does right is to a ..
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
The writing was just so good, though the direction does disappear sometimes and feel listless...Im reaching for things at this point.
You Tube
4.5
A heartwarming and smart comedy that proves everything is worth fighting for when it comes to family.
You Tube
4.5
This movie just had everything I wanted a movie like this to have: Great characters, snappy dialogue it has heart.
You Tube
4.5
An entertaining introduction to the world of WWE both behind the scenes and its fandom. Dwayne Johnson and Vince Vaughn do a lot of the heavy lifting ..
You Tube
3.5
Laramie Movie Scope: Fighting With My Family Incredible true story of a very unlikely star by Robert Roten, Film Critic March 5, 2019 I went into this ..
Lariat
3.5
And, sure enough, after about 15 or so minutes of introductory scenes that set up the Knights goofy wrestling school and fight venue and the family dy ..
Screen It
4.0
Its predictability doesnt lessen its emotional impact in the slightest.
Independent
3.5
Some parents expect their children to grow up and become doctors, lawyers, CEOs.
Rolling Stone
4.0
Packed with hilarious characters, the snappy script keeps the audience in the grip of its lively humour and surging emotions.
Shadows On The Wall
4.5
While Hollywood is full of underdog athletes tales, it has very few films that center on women in sports and even fewer about women in male dominated ..
The Wrap
3.5
All in all, Fighting With My Family is a pleasant surprise. I recommend it for fans of wrestling and non fans alike.
Hindustan Times
4.5
As someone who grew up with a family that adored wrestling, I had a very good time learning about Paige and the down to Earth working classic family s ..
Cinema Crazed
2.0
Her journey from the dismal venues of Norwich to filling stadia as a WWE champion is the inspiration for a comedy drama bearing the pungent whiff of a ..
Flim List
4.5
The performances are great, the story is great, but the film never quite reaches its full potential.
Film Inquiry
3.0
Susan Grangers review of Fighting With My Family (M.G.M./Film4/WWE Studios) Since I dont watch pro wrestling on TV, I was unfamiliar with World Wrestl ..
Susang Ranger
4.0
The charm of Fighting With My Family is irresistible. Uplifting and hilarious, embodying the tropes and delights of the underdog genre with a shameles ..
Flickering Myth
5.0
Fighting With My Family, 2019.Written and directed by Stephen Merchant.
Flickering Myth
3.5
A broad skewing but satisfying underdog sports romp for fans and non fans alike, enlivened by great performances and some surprisingly nuanced writing ..
Flickering Myth
4.0
Fighting With My Family doesnt break the mold of sports movies, but it does a known story with enough heart and energy to easily win over audiences an ..
Flickering Myth
4.0
Written and Directed by Stephen Merchant and produced by Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Fighting with my Family is the biopic of Saraya Jade Bevis, more wid ..
Flim Threet
3.5
Verdict: A worthy biopic that body slams you with humor and heart.
Book My Show
3.5
Verdict: A worthy biopic that body slams you with humor and heart.
Book My Show
4.5
While the WWE has been making movies for years, only now thanks to Dwayne Johnson have they scored a winner with Fighting with My Family.
Boston Herald
3.2
Stephen Merchants brand of dry, off kilter comedy surges through what is an otherwise inspiring, but by the numbers tale of childhood aspirations come ..
The Film Stage
3.8
Nothing much held me back from enjoying writer director Stephen Merchants engaging, charismatically acted underdog fable.
Chicago Tribune
3.0
Professional wrestling doesnt have the strongest pedigree when it comes to movies.
Bullz-Eye
3.8
Its the mark of many a standout sports movie that you dont necessarily have to be a fan to enjoy the story.
Boston Globe
3.0
The Rock and The Office and Extras co creator Stephen Merchant sound like an unlikely tag team, but this cheery comedy inspired by the life of Saraya ..
The Irish Times
2.5
Saraya is much like her down to earth parents, Ricky (Nick Frost) and Julia (Lena Headey), who roll around town in a white van picking up local talent ..
The Atlantic
4.5
To keep a long story as short as possible: WWE didnt always treat its women great.
Birth Movies Death
4.0
Stephen Merchant wrote and directed this wrestling biopic (which man mountain Dwayne Johnson produced), and the result is a hoot.
Standard
4.5
Its not a huge crowd pleaser, but theres enough here to please those surrounding your living room television.
Pajiba
3.8
Raucous Fighting with My Family an Inspirational Entertainment Body Slam Inspired by a true story, the MGM / WWE co production Fighting with My Family ..
Movie Freak
3.8
Fighting with My Family Caring about professional wrestling is completely unnecessary to enjoy Fighting with My Family.
Aisle Seat
3.8
Has enough humor and humanity to keep you hooked, whatever your feelings on World Wrestling Entertainment.
Aisle Seat
4.5
Here I aaaaam..turn the Paige.MGM WWE Studios Fighting With My Family is the most WWE movie theyve done to date.
Forbes
3.0
A cheeky, scrappy go lucky affair, Fighting With My Family should do for pro wrestling what School of Rock did for fist pumping heavy metal anthems.
Herald Sun
2.2
The Pitch: In the early 2010s, Saraya Knight (Florence Pugh) is a British independent pro wrestler with a particularly odd pedigree.
Consequence Of Sound
4.0
On paper, this should, in no way, be as good as it is, but due to its heart, charisma and likeable characters, this overly familiar underdog story wor ..
Hey U Guys
3.5
116 SHARES Facebook Twitter PARK CITY A movie centered on the rags to riches story of a female WWE champion might not sound like a fit for the Sundanc ..
The Play List
4.4
If you want a good laugh, youll find it here.If you want some Rocky style physical exertion, youll get your fill from this.
Film Ink
4.0
In 2012, the British television network Channel 4 released an hour long documentary special called The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family, which follo ..
Ner Dist
2.5
Dwayne Johnson (left) as Himself and Vince Vaughn (right) as Hutch in Fighting with my Family Credit:Robert Viglasky Hard to say no to the Rock, you w ..
The Age
3.5
FILM REVIEW FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY .With Florence Pugh, Vince Vaughn, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson.
Maki At The Movies
5.0
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Mirror
4.2
I think its a pretty great film that works on almost every level.
You Tube
4.0
Writer and director Stephen Merchant delivers an unlikely wrestling movie with heart and humour As electro punk duo Carter USM asked as far back as 19 ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
Florence Pugh plays an aspiring WWE wrestler in Stephen Merchants entertaining sports drama.
Lw Lies
3.0
Saraya Paige Knight competes as part of a wrestling mad family from Norwich, who run a local wrestling gig out the back of a van.
Nz Herald
4.0
Powered by Pughs terrific turn, its an affecting and consistently funny underdog tale.
Digital Spy
3.0
Comedy biopic written and directed by Stephen Merchant (The Office), based on the 2012 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with my Family, which tells ..
Flicks
3.0
A certain airbrushed quality pervades but, like wrestling itself, the key is probably just to accept the hokum and focus on the charm whipped up by Me ..
Ft
4.0
Fighting With My Family (M, 107 mins) Directed by Stephen Merchant Ive never been to a professional wrestling show.
Stuff
4.2
Wrestling fans and by wrestling, I refer not to the Olympic sport, but the knee boot and atomic elbow drop exhibition do not very much care for the wo ..
Ar Kansas Online
3.5
Professional wrestling loves a juicy slab of story, and writer director Stephen Merchants Fighting with My Familythe new film based on the life of pop ..
Vanity Fair
3.5
A heart warming underdog story filled with fine performances, Fighting with My Family presents the world of professional wrestling as not only a busin ..
Matts Movie Reviews
3.5
Norwich based Saraya (Florence Pugh) daughter of wrestlers Ricky (Nick Frost) and Julia (Lena Headey), and her brother Zak (Jack Lowden) have grown up ..
FilmFare
4.0
Dwayne Johnson now has a huge blockbuster career, but before that, he was one of the most popular professional wrestlers in the world.
Film
4.2
You could know next to nothing about wrestling and still be enthralled by this eclectic group of characters.
The Film Pie
4.4
Fighting With My Family: Uplifting comedy follows clan with WWE ambitions Every scene in the wrestling comedy/drama Fighting With My Family has been m ..
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
Fighting With My Familymay take a familiar path to championship gold, but it still lays the smackdown on you emotionally
Punch Drunk Critics
3.8
Pin +1 3 Shares Sundance 2019: Fighting with My Family Review Fighting with My Family was the surprise screening at Sundance 2019.
We Live Entertainment
4.0
This story, rich in character detail and genuinely funny jokes, makes everyone who walks into frame come alive, complete with traits that other biopic ..
Straits Times
4.0
Leave it to The Rock to see the cinematic possibilities in the true story of the rise of WWE superstar wrestler Saraya Knight, better known to her fan ..
Dead Line
3.0
Wrestlers have a long tradition of going from the ring to the big screen, from Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper to Dave Bautista and John Cena.
One Room With A View
4.0
Florence Pugh appears in Fighting with My Family by Stephen Merchant, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2019 Sundance Film Festiva ..
Solzy At The Movies
3.8
2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: One of the more unusual inclusions in the Sundance lineup this year was a mysterious Surprise Screening that appeared on ..
Awards Circuit
3.5
Is pro wrestling fake.Does anyone actually ask that question anymore
reason
3.8
A heartwarming coming of age tale, mixed with the goofy theatrics of professional wrestling, this charmingly unexpected crowd pleaser tells the story ..
Seattle Times
4.0
**Spoilers for Fighting With My Family are below, but also this is a true story, so whatever.** I grew up in a family that loved wrestling.
The Mary Sue
3.5
Compelling as it is, this underdog story isnt exactly suspenseful.
Seven Day Svt
4.0
Pin Share Reddit Share Email +1 5 Shares Stephen Merchant wrote and directed the film Fighting with My Family not because he is a wrestling fan, and n ..
Black Girl Nerds
3.0
Fighting with My Family suffers from an unfortunate title; it sounds like one of those bland ensemble comedies where relatives get together over a hol ..
National Post
3.5
Merchants source material was the 2012 Channel 4 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, which portrayed the Norwich based clan ex con dad ..
Original Cin
3.5
This is a movie about family and about pursuing a dream, even if other people think having that dream makes you and your family weirdos.
The Australian
4.5
Fighting with My Family works and is a genuine, feel good feature.
The National
4.0
From left: Lena Headey, Florence Pugh, and Nick Frost in Fighting with My Family (Robert Viglasky/MGM) Fighting with My Family puts a quirky, continen ..
National Review
3.5
*This article contains minor spoilers* Professional wrestling is probably the biggest entertainment industry you dont care about.
New States Man
3.0
This is a heart warmer that, just like WWE, looks cheesy but soon sweeps you up in its energy until you are cheering along with everyone else.
The New Paper
3.0
Sports underdogs are guaranteed bases for movies, be they fictional characters like Rocky Balboa or real ones like Eddie the Eagle.
Trespass Mag
3.0
Film Review: Fighting With My Family: Dwayne Johnson Knows WWE Wrestling, Does America
Theepoch Times
4.4
The struggle is real in Fighting with My Family, a heartwarming movie about wrestling and growing up thats all the more enjoyable because it is true.
Qc Times
4.0
Fighting with My Family is a film with a great heart especially from its lead, Florence Pugh.
3.8
The advantages of this time of year are oddball, hard to place movies such as Fighting With My Family, which doesnt fit into any particular category, ..
Datebook Sfchronicle
3.8
This image released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures shows Florence Pugh, left, and Jack Lowden, right, in a scene from Fighting with My Family.
Ap News
3.5
Both an offbeat comedy and classically rousing underdog tale of an aspiring ring champion, this indie films heart somehow exceeds the size of Johnsons ..
Us Magazine
3.5
The Knights the wrestling clan at the center of Fighting With My Family are at least idiosyncratic and endearing enough to make themselves worth watch ..
Mash Able
4.0
Two kids wrestle for the T.V. remote.A young boy wishes to watch his idol Dwayne Johnson, back when he had a surplus of hair and was the sans pareil o ..
Vulture
3.5
Wrestling movies have been around since Hollywoods early days, but the warm and winning Fighting with My Family comes closest to representing the actu ..
Washington City Paper
3.5
You learn next to nothing about the dark side of Paiges life but this isnt Darren Aronofskys film to begin with; the levity this film commands is abso ..
Firstpost
3.0
Like the characters it celebrates, this knockabout British comedy is a little rough around the edges, but its heart is in the right place.
News
3.5
You dont have to be into wrestling to enjoy Fighting With My Family it doesnt require any assumed knowledge.
News
3.1
Turns out hes the one running the show, hes the man behind the curtain.
Free Beacon
3.5
Rising star Florence Pugh shines and kicks her way through this WWE wrestling comedy that has a lot of heart in between all the cliches and bruises.
Adelaide Review
2.0
Fighting With My Family uses a regional British accent to freshen its formula.
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
3.2
Fighting with My Family would be nothing more than a routine underdog sports story if it hadnt been written and directed by Stephen Merchant, the gang ..
Crooked Marquee
3.8
Even if you couldnt care less about wrestling, this is still entertaining and inspirational.The movie is funny, heartwarming, and will literally make ..
Hollywood News
4.5
Written and directed by Stephen Merchant with humor and sensitivity, Fighting with My Family is about grit but also about acceptance.
L.A. Biz
4.4
Fighting With My Family 1/2 Playing in the Premieres section of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Movie Cricket
4.0
Much like the WWE, is damn fine entertainment, not to be taken too seriously, and full of laughs, cheers and some surprisingly heartfelt moments.
The Mercury
5.0
Share this: Fighting With My Family review Dont you dare dismiss it because its about professional wrestling.
At Home In Hollywood
3.0
NOW that the awards season is finally over it will be at least five minutes before the hype starts for the next one.
Herald Scotland
2.5
Florence Pugh nails it as WWE superstar Paige in Fighting with my Family.
Monsters And Critics
4.0
the rights to her tale after seeing a doco about her wrestling family, produced this biopic, and then cast himself as her jacked Jiminy Cricket. Its a ..
Student Edge
2.5
Here is a shamelessly formulaic product brought to you by WWE studios and meant to benefit the wrestling company by promoting its brand while also tel ..
Worldo Free L
3.8
Fighting with My Family is a defining wrestling film wrapped in feel good vibes.
812 Film Reviews
4.8
Stephen Merchant and WWE.A match many would have never predicted.
What I Watched Tonight
5.0
Ricky Knight (Nick Frost) and his wife, Julia (Lena Headey), former small time wrestlers in Norwich, England, dream of their children, Paige (Pugh) an ..
Daily Journal
3.5
The 400 Word Review: Fighting With my Family The rags to riches tale is an easy winner, when its not a straight up ad for WWE.
Pitts Burgh Magazine
3.8
Whether youre an ardent fan of pro wrestling, or, like me, lost interest when Hillbilly Jim retired his overalls in the 1980s, Fighting with My Family ..
Madison
3.8
Anyway, yeslike all sports movies, this one offers many, many wrestling montages throughout, but Merchant at least serves them up with style, wit and ..
Play Boy
4.3
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY: Eds Very Important Thoughts on the Paige/WWE Biopic I hadnt planned on reviewing Stephen Merchants new movie Fighting with My ..
Weekend Warrior Blog Tumbl ..
4.0
Fighting With My Family is the heartwarming new comedy based on the incredible true story of one of WWEs biggest female wrestling superstars, Paige.
Reel Reviews
3.5
It is a pleasant diversion and a nicely developed story about achieving ones dreams.
4.5
A surprisingly vibrant and extremely entertaining film, far better than one would have any right to expect when hearing that its about the life of a p ..
Pasadena Weekly
3.0
Fighting with My Family borrows and mashes together two tried and true movie formulas to tell a very engaging true story of one of their superstars, S ..
Every Movie Hasalesson
3.5
Until recently, John M. Urbancich, former and first Executive Editor of CriticsChoiceMovies , reviewed films and wrote related features and celebrity ..
Jmuvies Blog Spot
3.0
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY is a very sweet movie with great performances top to bottom. However, you can feel how tightly managed this movie is. A cast t ..
Comicsverse
3.8
Theres a lot of great movies about sports and even more great movies about show business, so youd think professional wrestling would be an ideal setti ..
Geek
2.8
In hindsight, Fighting With My Family doesnt hold a lot of weight as a film, nor does its entertainment value stand up even hours after the credits ro ..
Texas Art & Film
4.0
Actor/writer/director Stephen Merchant turns the true story of a family of Norwich wrestlers into a warm and hilarious comedy drama that will have you ..
Movies 4 Kids
4.0
FILM REVIEW The title of this charming movie, based on a true story, is accurate.
Newport This Week
1.5
Whilst theres an undeniable predictability that runs rampant throughout the film, Fighting With My Familys insistence on holding its audience in a cho ..
This is Film
4.5
Absolutely!.Is professional wrestling hokey, contrived, cliched, and over the top
Nuvo
4.2
The best stories at their core are able to connect on a simplistic level where it doesnt necessarily matter what the subject is about as long as it ta ..
Shake Fire
4.5
Whether it is about sibling love turned into rivalry, or trying to live up to expectations, the story is relatable and you dont have to be a WWE fan t ..
The Sun Daily (Malaysia)
3.5
And Zac coming to terms with who he is if the dream hes worked for his whole life doesnt come to pass adds an original wrinkle to this familiar rags t ..
Isolated Nation
1.5
In brief: I watch professional wrestling.Its one of those interests that I keep mostly to myself, having lost the conviction to defend my ritual habit ..
Chicago Cinema Circuit
3.0
Florence Pugh steps into the ring as WWE star in comic biopic Film Review | by Jorge Ignacio Castillo0 Fighting with My Family Now Playing Considering ..
Prairie Dog Magazine
3.8
Now, the family doesnt really fight, because pro wrestling is scripted entertainment, but the bumps and bruises are real.
Art House Film Wire
4.0
These are big movies, insists Michael Lerners studio boss in the Coen brothers 1991 hit Barton Fink, about big men in tights, both physically and ment ..
The Guardian
2.0
Despite a great real life background story, and despite comedy master Stephen Merchant being at the helm as writer director, this movie never really c ..
The Guardian
3.0
It seems off to say, but Fighting With My Family the biopic of trailblazing WWE superstar Paige is a pro wrestling movie more for non wrestling fans t ..
Ausin Chronicle
3.8
Even though Fighting with My Family is undoubtedly about branding the WWE as a fantasy factory, its biggest strengths are its wit and surprisingly big ..
Rogerebert
3.1
This week marks the release of the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe, David F. Sandbergs Shazam!, which Slants Jake Cole praised for being the ..
Slant Magazine
4.0
Genuinely heartwarming, totally cheerworthy, bursting with warm and generous performances, and just a whole damn lotta fun.
FlickFilosopher
3.5
Stephen Merchants first solo outing as feature director is a family centric wrestling comedy.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.8
Plenty of family comedies include some grappling, but theres just one I can think of that boasts a piledriver.
New York Post
4.0
Its often broadly funny but never mean or patronizing; it takes the Knights, their eccentricities and quixotic aspirations seriously, but not enough t ..
The New York Times
2.0
The WWE championship climax comes as no surprise, and neither do the lessons that Paige must absorb along the way, most of them having to do with auth ..
Los Angeles Times
3.5
A crowd pleasing comedy from writer director Stephen Merchant that operates by rather basic formula but has enough charms to consistently entertain ev ..
Fanboy Nation
3.5
Everybody knows the Knight family in Norwich.Ricky (Nick Frost) and his wife Julia (Lena Headey) run a local wrestling gym and the whole family, inclu ..
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Image zoom Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures The family that chokeslams together stays together in Stephen Merchants scrappy Sundance bowed wrestling comed ..
Explore Entertainment
3.8
This fact based comedy by writer/director Stephen Merchant, co creator of TVs The Office, makes light of public perception that all those grunts and s ..
The Star
2.0
LOUISA: LOUISA SAYS: Ho hum.That was my reaction to Fighting With My Family, a run of the mill sports story that feels more like an extended ad for th ..
Screen Zealots
3.5
A change of pace from the usual action driven output from WWE studios, Fighting With My Family at times more closely brings to mind 2000s guilty pleas ..
Variety
3.1
Inspired by true events, Fighting with my Family follows Florence Pughs Saraya as she successfully auditions to become a wrestler with the prestigious ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Jack Lowden elevated the film beyond an average British heartwarmer.
Empire
3.1
Fighting with My Family is a fictionalized biographical look at how WWE performer Paige rose through the ranks of wrestlings minor leagues to achieve ..
Reel Views
3.8
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY 3 stars Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn, Florence Pugh, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden; PG 13 (crude and sexual material, l ..
Desert News
4.0
Its also a funny and surprisingly heartwarming story about what it means to be a family and about how those family ties can both help and hinder effor ..
The Maine Edge
4.0
You could argue that this dramatised account of WWE wrestler Paiges rise to glory is as scripted as the fights it portrays; no ones success trajectory ..
Caution Spoilers
4.0
Is Fighting With My Family formulaic Is it predictable Is it corny Yes, it definitely is.
The AU Review
3.0
Doesnt matter if youre a hardcore wrestling fan or not, you will enjoy this charming underdog tale.
CinExpress
3.5
The notion that professional wrestling is fake has always been asinine.
The Filtered Lens
2.0
But whilst Saraya is picked among a bunch of candidates to participate in an intense training season in Florida, Zack, who is expecting a child, is le ..
Always Good Movies
2.5
The problem is that the big moments dont just miss, theyre missing.
The Reader
4.5
Robert Viglasky That US storyline doesnt land with quite the same power.
C net
4.0
She doesnt have to prove her worthiness, as it is felt by everyone around her.
Movie Marker
3.8
One need not be a wrestling fan to enjoy this film, a guaranteed crowd pleaser sure to entertain even those who just always assumed that Hogan was the ..
Film Frenzy
4.5
Realistically speaking, Paige hardly seems like the first or most obvious candidate to receive a Hollywood level budget professional wrestling biopic ..
5.0
Fighting with My Family beautifully captures the spirit of a family brought together by wrestling, and youll find something to smile about whether you ..
Comic Book
3.1
Florence Pugh is called to be a big star and this entertaining movie is another sign that she is on the right track.
Patreon
3.5
Fighting With My Family (2019) SHOULD I SEE IT.YES Florence Pugh gives a wonderful performance here.
Should I See It
3.5
Get the Think newsletter.Feb. 22, 2019, 7:25 PM GMT By Ani Bundel One might normally be tempted to write off Fighting with My Family, the first indie ..
NBC News Think
3.5
Editors Note: Vanyalands Nick Johnston is out in Utah all week long covering the 2019 Sundance Film Festival; click here for our continued coverage fr ..
Vanyaland
3.5
Ask a random person on the street if they can name a WWE Superstar, and their response would likely be a name like John Cena or The Undertaker: larger ..
The Lamp Light
2.0
Saraya is played fearlessly by Florence Pugh (King Lear, Lady Macbeth) in a very against type role for a Shakespearean actress.
Movie And Shakers
3.8
Fighting With My Family, the new origin story chronicling the real life rise of Saraya Jade Bevis to become WWE superstar Paige, is something entirely ..
Bleeding Cool
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