Fighting with My Family
Fighting with My Family
Fighting with My Family
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Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Merchant, Paul Wight, Kim Matula, Aqueela Zoll (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Für ihre Familie ist Wrestling mehr als ein Sport, es ist das einzig Wahre im Leben - Paige (Florence Pugh) und ihr Bruder Zak (Jack Lowden), aufgewachsen in Englands Provinz, sehen ihre kühnsten Träume wahr werden, als sie beim Probetraining der WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) antreten dürfen. Die Wege der Geschwister trennen sich allerdings, als nur Paige einen Platz im hart umkämpften Ausbildungsprogramm erhält. Sie muss ihre Familie verlassen und sich von nun an allein im Ring dieser gnadenlosen Welt des Showbiz stellen. Sie ist keine konventionelle Cheerleader-Schönheit wie der Großteil ihrer Mitstreiterinnen, doch sie hat Talent, jede Menge Ehrgeiz und ein großes Ziel vor Augen: sie will endlich ihren Traum vom Wrestling leben... (Universal Pictures Germany)
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I am not really aware of the number of biopics that appear like the usual biopic but simultaneously feature actors from the given background who actually play themselves. It is a strange combination of reality and filmmaking craft, which is possible because the story is still fairly topical. The authors made great casting choices so the film was a pleasure to watch. Florence Pugh was phenomenal in the leading role and her parents played by Lena Heady and Nick Frost were so amazing that their lines should be put in some Bible of catchphrases.
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A young Englishwoman gets a chance to fight her way into the prestigious wrestling organization WWE. She knows she'll have to work very hard for it, but she doesn't count on how much this chance will affect the lives of those closest to her. Stephen Merchant delivers a brisk feel-good biopic from an unusual setting with fun characters and an incredibly fine Florence Pugh in the lead role. You should see Fighting with My Family for her alone. But even the rest is well above average.
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Surprise of the year? At first glance, Fighting with my Family seemed like an indie festival film that no one will remember after a week, but the unexpectedly very positive reviews and its release in cinemas did the film a lot of good and I left the cinema very satisfied. Florence Pugh, who kick-started her career last year with Outlaw King, is absolutely excellent, her career is going to take off rapidly with the upcoming Midsommar and Little Women. The film deals with the rather novel subject of wrestling and with a socially disadvantaged family who have and can do nothing but wrestle. Everything changes when the son and daughter are invited to a WWE casting. The first act manages dry British black humour with very solid lines. After that the film becomes more of a sports drama, yet very powerful, moving and entertaining. Vince Vaughn is rightly stern as the trainer, and I must say that his progression from an average comedian to a very solid actor was very unexpected, but he already played the captain perfectly in Hacksaw Ridge, his transformation was most striking in Brawl in Cell Block 99, and we'll see what he does in Dragged Across Concrete. The Rock in a smaller role is a delight and there are brief glimpses of wrestling legends. I shed a tear during the finale, so satisfaction. "Dick me dead, and bury me pregnant." 80%
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Eine großartige und vor allem toll besetzte Komödie, die jedoch dem Publikum auch richtig ans Herz greift. Es ist unmöglich, kein Fan von Florence Pugh zu sein, Nick Frost ist zu 120 % unterhaltsam und Dwayne Johnson ungefähr tausendmal mehr als in beiden Jumanjis zusammen. Ich empfehle den Film allen, besonders denjenigen, die auf die neue Staffel von GLOW warten.
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Surprisingly, everything I feared here works very well. Dwayne Johnson fulfils his role of adored icon to perfection, the humour is not embarrassing or trodden, and wrestling is a welcome spin on boxing, especially in the performance of the charismatic and emotional Florence Pugh. The tried-and-tested template is strictly adhered to, but everything works as it should, and the supporting characters are mostly not just numbers. Pleasant little surprise. 75%
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Fighting with My Family ist oberflächlich betrachtet ein mittelmäßiges Biopic - in diesem Fall über die WWE-Frauen - schafft es aber, den Zuschauer mit einer anständig geschriebenen Geschichte und glaubwürdigen Darbietungen - von Florence Pugh über das Frost-Headey-Duo bis hin zu "The Rock" - anzusprechen. Dank ihrer kontrollierenden Eltern hatte der Film eine humorvolle Note, die die Anstrengungen ausglich, die Paige auf dem Weg zu ihrem Traumziel auf sich nehmen musste. Es handelt sich also um einen sehr angenehm gefilmten Relaxfilm!
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I was so, so close to giving this film five stars. What annoyed me was the occasional moralizing and melodrama, but that’s about it. Nick Frost was perfect, his character was certainly different from his standard "suit" roles. In fact, the whole Knight family was great. I also think that wrestling was shown in a slightly different light (sure, it's pre-planned, but it's for real) and I was more than happy with the number of funny lines. // "You're a teenager and you're blind. What else are you gonna do today? Listen to porn?" 4*+
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The reviews here frankly scare me. Was I supposed to be moved by the story and laugh at the wannabe funny situations during this movie? I was just very bored. If the wrestling scene is similarly poor and tasteless in real life, there is something very wrong with this world. I'm not biased, but it could have been done much better. For fans of the sport, I can recommend The Wrestler, a film that is in a completely different league. (35%)
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