When you look at the biographies of many stars in the WWE you will find a wide range of emotional tales. Some exciting, some tragic, and almost all entertaining. Fighting With My Family is an inspiring story with a few life lessons to learn stuck in there. It tells the story of Saraya Knight, better known as Paige, and her climb from a local female wrestler across the pond to a WWE Diva champion. The story itself is not a unique tale. Kid has a dream, works hard towards that dream despite obstacles, achieves said dream. What is unique is the setting of the story with it involving the widely popular WWE, the good blend of comedy, and the sub plot of the brother who came short of the same dream.

Florence Pugh (Paige) takes the lead role of the film and at times struggles but is able to tell the story. Lena Headey (Julia Knight) and Nick Frost (Ricky Knight) play the parents of Saraya and the head of the wrestling family and organization in England. They play off each other well and Frost is comedic gold. Dwayne Johnson lends his talents to a few scenes to bring some authenticity and words of advice to Fighting With The Family. There are a few other cameo’s but his is the reason you probably went. Jack Lowden (Zak Knight) plays the brother with the same dream that falls just short of it. His story is just as important to the film as his counterparts. No one will be winning any awards for their performances, but they hold your attention.

The dual stories of achieving your dreams and coping with failure are what makes Fighting With My Family a good movie. The comedy helps a lot too. We have all seen the “Rudy” type movie. You don’t always get to see the fallout of what happens when you don’t achieve your dreams. As important as it is to teach the lesson of following your dreams, it is equally important to teach the lesson of finding purpose after failing and accepting when you’ve tried your best and it just isn’t good enough. The reality is that most will need the latter lesson seeing that achieving your dreams is not accomplished by many when set so high. Telling both sides of the coin is what separates Fighting With My Family from every other inspirational tale you’ve seen. If you are a WWE fan or frequent these types of movies, Fighting With My Family should be enjoyable. Bringing the kids should be fine. Any vulgarity is actually in British slang so it doesn’t translate the same and there are a good lessons to learn. So if you were on the fence go ahead and jump to the other side and give Fighting With My Family a shot, it shouldn’t disappoint you.