ChuckFlixs: Fighting With My Family By Chuck VanHoose February 24, 2019I’m sorry for not having any reviews up in a couple of weeks. I’m trying to get back to my old schedule were I post at least one a week. My ultimate goal is to average 3 a week. Hopefully they can be accomplished by April because March is going to be a busy month.

In today’s review I actually have a non Netflix movie to talk about. The movie is titled Fighting With My Family. The movie is about a wrestler from England named Paige and her journey to WWE and the relationships she has with her family. The movie is based on a true story for the most part. There are a few things changed just to make it more enjoyable for non wrestling fans.

To start this review I’m going to say that you don’t have to watch wrestling to enjoy this movie. I went with one of my friends who doesn’t watch it and he really enjoyed the movie. I loved this movie and thought it was great. If I get a chance to see it again then I definitely will.

Positives
The film is written and directed by Stephen Merchant. I believe he does a better job as a writer but he still does a good job as a director. The acting in this film is great. I believe the chemistry between the family members and but into their relationships.
Florence Pugh who plays Paige gives one of my favorite performances. She truly captures the personality of the real life Paige. Jack Lowden who plays the brother also gives a great performance.
Vince Vaughn plays the trainer of Nxt who determines who makes it on the WWE. They use his character to combine a few different people who helped Paige in Nxt. This was similar role that he had in hacksaw ridge. However his humor is some of the best parts of the movie. The humor is cleaner in this film then in hacksaw ridge.
The Rock isn’t in it as much as you would think. But he does provide the comedic moments when he is on screen.

The comedy in this movie works really well. One of my favorite scenes involves Paige’s dad and another wrestler. Her dad keeps asking him if he will take a hit in a match from a certain item. So in order to decide her dad starts to hit him with random items. I could watch an hour of just her dad hitting that guy.

Middle of the Road.
I would say the kids of her family’s wrestling school are okay to good. You don’t get to know all of them and they only have a minor role. They are just okay to good secondary characters.

Negatives
I honestly don’t have too many negatives about this film. I feel like the pacing could have been better. It was a little slow at times but it didn’t take me out of the movie.

Rating: 9/10

Read below for changes they made to Paige’s story.

They changed a few things about her story to make it more appealing to the casual movie goer who doesn’t watch wrestling. The biggest changes come at the end of the movie. Spoilers from here in out! But it’s not really a spoiler because it is based on a true story.

The movie ends with Paige winning the WWE divas title on RAW from Aj Lee the night after Wrestlemania 30. However at this point in time Paige had been on Nxt for longer than she had in the movie. Also for almost a year before she beat Aj she already had a title. Paige became the first Nxt women’s champion in June of 2013. However the movie does not show her winning this title. The reason is the director believed that the audience wouldn’t be invested in her winning a title from Aj Lee if she already had one. Which I understand this completely.

The director also changed a few things about her debut in the movie. In the movie Paige doesn’t cut a promo before the match, but in real life she actually spoke on the mic. The movie also portrayed the crowd as if they didn’t know who she was. But in reality a majority of fans already knew her and started chanting her name, during her entrance. In real life Aj Lee also had a body guard Tamina. But the director felt like it would be to much to explain why she had one. The post match promo did not happen in the real life. But I believe it worked in the movie. Because all cams around into a full circle to show they she had truly made it.

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