#fighting with my family

[floilee]

Can we talk about how Charlie and Saraya are also hot together?

[screenshotingmonstercinema]

[noisemouse]

[strawberryloveyyy]

Florence Pugh is the love of my life. Period. Someone please catch my breath, I’m too busy not breathing.

[wrestlesource]

saraya premades?

hiii angel !! you didn't specify if you wanted selfies or in ring, so i just did selfies / photoshoots. if you need more, or in ring just let me know!

[silvernoisez]

am I terrible person if I liked Fighting with My Family more than the Iron Claw?

[filmforager]

The Iron Claw: Review

Fighting with my family

With the super tight trunks and dodgy haircuts, there’s something wonderfully daft about the world of professional wrestling. But whether it’s The Wrestler or Foxcatcher, the sport has served as a serious topic to explore the destructive nature of masculinity in cinema. Weighing in at just over 2 hours, the latest to join the ring is The Iron Claw, a poignant true story about an ill-fated wrestling family. 

Set in 1980s Texas, we spend our time with the Von Erichs, an unusually close family of wrestlers and athletes. Led by patriarch and former pro wrestler Fritz Von Erich (a steely Holt McCallany) with his formidable wife Doris (a marvelous Maura Tierney), he rules the home with an iron claw, and looks to his four sons to carry on his wrestling legacy. He even has a hierarchy of what boys he favors - there’s olympic athlete Kerry (Jeremy Allen White), eldest son Kevin (Zac Efron), swaggering David (Harris Dickinson), and the more sensitive Mike (Stanley Simons). As the brothers jostle for a higher position, Kevin starts to have doubts about his father’s tough love approach.

While Fighting with my Family looked at how professional wrestling could bring a family together, this looks at how the need to appear macho in the sport can slowly tear a family apart. The Von Erich family is presented as a stifling cage that the brothers can’t escape, where talking about your feelings is taboo, and shedding a tear during a funeral too ‘unmanly’. There’s even a family curse that is invoked in the face of tragedy, when someone is pushed too close to the edge. From Sean Durkin, writer-director of Martha Marcy May Marlene, this is another excellent study of pent-up emotion and repressed feelings, with a show-don’t-tell approach that grounds the story, and makes major plot developments more upsetting. 

As the Von Erich family makes a name for itself in the world of NWA wrestling, the sudden fame and physical demands begin to impact the family dynamic in fascinating, devastating ways. This results in some truly layered performances, including Allen White as the troubled Kerry, and Simons as Mike, whose inability to fit the macho mold is the most heart-breaking plot point. While Kevin’s eyes are opened to a different kind of life with girlfriend Pam (a spirited Lily James), it’s fair to say the others aren’t so lucky.

Sitting ringside to this story of family turmoil is Efron’s Kevin, the brawny elder brother whose emotional maturity has been stilted by the pursuit of someone else’s dream. Trading in on his physicality (and a strong resemblance to He-Man), Efron is perfectly cast as a troubled man who chafes against his father’s domineering parental style, but struggles to put his doubts into words. It’s a complex and perceptive performance, allowing Efron to flex acting muscles that he previously hasn’t been able to. Like his central performance, the film aches with sadness and regret, acting as a plea for men everywhere: when the going gets tough, don’t be afraid to cry!

With a masterful grasp of tone and subtle story-telling that packs a punch, The Iron Claw is a sad and compelling story about the limits of traditional masculinity. 

★★★★

[buffyfan145]

Wondering and hoping again that AEW is going to sign The Von Erichs after seeing all these recent signings of other wrestlers who showed up around the same time they did last year. Last night they announced they signed Saraya's brother Zak Knight (both of which were depicted in the "Fighting with my Family" movie) and they also signed Bryan Keith (who tagged with The Von Erichs back in December) and Queen Aminata in the past couple weeks. I knew they couldn't be on AEW this week as Marshall and Ross are doing another event this weekend but really hoping they're next especially after wrestling with Dustin Rhodes.

[riveramorylunar]

Watching Fighting with My Family and I love Florence so much in this movie she's so pretty!!! Just look at her 😍

[editfandom]

Florence Pugh

[screenshotingmonstercinema]

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Florence Pugh as wrestler Saraya Knight in Fighting with My Family (2019). Wrestling scenes for the film were shot at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, while it was set up for WWE Monday Night Raw and WWE Smackdown.

In real life Saraya uses her mother's maiden name Bevis instead of Knight.

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday @johncena #johncena #wwe #actor #peacemaker #thesuicidesquad #bumblebeemovie #f9 #fastx #Argylle #freelance #RickyStanicky #12rounds #trainwreck #themarine #dolittle #PlayingwithFire #Ferdinand #DaddysHome2 #ParksandRecreation #FightingwithMyFamily #VacationFriends

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Saraya "Paige" Knight "Fighting with My Family" icons

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[1-800-sinister]

like why do you have to threaten me mother? why do we have to get into each other's faces? why can't we be a normal mother and daughter duo? why can't you just love me? why do i have to scream to get your attention? why just why mother?

[commentsoncharmed]

Not two minutes into the movie Fighting with my Family (2019) and we have a Charmed cameo lol Specifically its S5E3, Happily Ever After.

And later in the film, our main character uses the name Paige because that's her favorite character! Peep the poster!