Television: Netflix’s breezy fly-on-the-wall documentary leaves Tyson Fury’s mental-health challenges – and Irish heritage – largely in the shadows
The problem is that At Home With the Furys wants us to enjoy the chipperness and not dwell on the other stuff. Photograph: NetflixYou can see what Netflix is punching towards with At Home With the Furys . The fly-on-the-wall documentary aims for a reality sweet spot somewhere between the never-ending Kardashians franchise and the granddaddy of the genre, The Osbournes.
There is certainly potential. Fury is an undefeated boxing champion and a cheery chap. But he also has had mental-health struggles, having received diagnoses of bipolar disorder and ADHD. Indeed, those personal struggles threatened to derail his career in 2016, when he took a break from boxing, saying he had “no motivation” to continue.
The stark reality of living with mental-health challenges is too much for this breezy doc, however, which takes up the story weeks after his retirement. Fury’s mental health stays largely in the background – as does Fury’s Irish heritage: his paternal grandfather is from Tuam, in Co Galway; his grandmother on his mother’s side is from Tipperary.
The focus is instead on the domestic bliss of life with the kids. As a portrait of a boxer as a big softie, it has its moments. We see Fury enthusiastically make breakfast for his six children at their home in Morecambe, in Greater Manchester.
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