Video review: Rambunctious fun in 'Fighting With My Family'

May 11, 2019 at 4:38AM
This image released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures shows Nick Frost, left, and Lena Headey in a scene from "Fighting with My Family." (Robert Viglasky/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures via AP)
Nick Frost and Lena Headey head a family of wrestlers in “Fighting With My Family.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A family ready to rumble

The brood in the charmer "Fighting With My Family" (⋆⋆⋆; PG-13) is a rambunctious crowd. Professional wrestlers all, the Knights grapple with one another in and out of the ring while running a gym in Norwich, England. Much of the movie turns on a sibling rivalry between Paige (Florence Pugh) and Zak (Jack Lowden). Writer/director Stephen Merchant has a terrific cast, pinpoint timing and a gift for visual japes and physical comedy. He delivers some truths amid the laughter and hurt.

MANOHLA DARGIS, New York Times

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