Review of Fighting with My Family (2019) by Thwompthing — 02 Mar 2019

Best wrestling movie since The Wrestler. There are some very touching moments in this film, and I teared up a few times actually! That's when you know you've got a great film...when nostalgia is mixed in to give the audience a reminder of how great the WWE was in the late 90's.

There was one moment that really got me, and it was when the actress who played Paige was on the holiday vacation, on the verge of quitting NXT tryouts, sitting in her room looking into the mirror at herself.

And she looks up at the two posters on her wall at The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, both holding their WWF Championship belts. The camera switches focus to those two posters on her wall, and back to her, and she raises her cutout Divas championship belt over her shoulder like Stone Cold, and the rest is history.

Awesome movie, not just for wrestling fans, but for anyone who loves a good story. Sure, a non wrestling fan may not have any clue who anyone portrays in this film, but like The Wrestler, who cares? It's that good.