20 April 2020

Fighting with My Family


Fighting with My Family 2019
  • Director: Stephen Merchant
  • Based on the book: no
  • Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Dwayne Johnson, Vincent Vaughn
  • Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
    • Lena Headey – Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Brothers Grimm, The Remains of the Day, Spender
    • Nick Frost – Doctor Who, The World’s End, Attack the Block, The Boat that Rocked, Hot Fuzz, Kinky Boots, Shaun of the Dead, Black Books
    • Jack Lowden – Dunkirk, England Is Mine, A United Kingdom, Wolf Hall
    • Vincent Vaughn – Into the Wild, Thumbsucker, Pauli Shore Is Dead
  • Why? A British comedy (I thought)
  • Seen:  18 April 2020

             They actually mean fighting. As in wrestling. Mum (Headey), Dad (Frost), daughter Raya (Pugh) and son Zak (Lowden). A wrestling family in Norwich. People think they’re weird.
       They struggle to make ends meet in their unusual profession. Then Raya gets a big break.
       It’s not a comedy at all. There’s a lot of heartache in it. It’s a true story and there’s a tear in my eye at the end. Me, and wrestling really, really is not my thing.

4* of 5


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