Saraya is initially known as Britani in the ring, but the WWE already has a Diva with that name, so she becomes Paige. That's a big part of what makes Saraya stand out in the ring, and it's also what makes her so thrilling to watch on screen. Instead, Merchant leads with his working class sports heroes: they're blunt, proud, and hilariously inappropriate.
Merchant (who also appears in a bit part as Zak's girlfriend's clueless father) and his brand of humor bring big laughs to a story that could have felt like the dopey 2000 wrestling movie, Ready to Rumble.
This is very much a British comedy, which is not something we see often in sports films and is practically non-existent in stories about wrestling. It's the kind of story you've seen dozens of times before, but there are several elements that make Fighting with My Family stand out in a crowd. When Saraya makes the cut and Zak doesn't, the underdog sports formula unfolds, with a little bit of sibling jealousy thrown in for good measure. He's married to the slightly less rough-around-the-edges Julia ( Lena Headey), who dresses like Joan Jett and has no problem showing love for her kids and supporting their big dreams.Įven though the WWE proves resistant to the Knight family's self-solicitation, both Saraya and Zak get a chance to show what they're made of when the WWE brings a show to London's O2 plete with tryouts looking for the next big wrestler.
A rowdy former bank robber who pours everything he has into the World Association of Wrestling in Norwich, England, he keeps sending tapes of his kids to the WWE for consideration. There's also Nick Frost as Ricky Knight, their father and promoter.
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