Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham

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Bend It Like Beckham

Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Frank Harper, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Juliet Stevenson

An Indian family in London tries to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional way. Unlike her traditional older sister, Pinky, who is preparing for a lavish Indian wedding and a lifetime of...( read more  read more... ) cooking the perfect chapati, Jess dreams of playing soccer professionally, like her hero David Beckham. Wholeheartedly against Jess' unorthodox ambition, her parents eventually reveal that their reservations have more to do with protecting her, than with holding her back. When Jess is forced to make a choice between tradition and her beloved sport, her family must decide whether to let her chase her dream--and a soccer ball--or follow a more orthodox path.

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  • September 25, 2009
    Filmed in my manor. Shame it was shit!
  • July 8, 2009
    Great movie! I'm Irish remember haha love gym class.
  • November 14, 2008
    Very cute.
  • March 12, 2008
    03/08/08 Update: Just watched this again for the first time in, apparently, two years. This is really well done. Nagra is, with all sincerity, brilliant, and Anupam Kher as her father, Mr. Bhamra, is worthy of a supporting Oscar nomination. I rarely shed a tear when I ...( read more)watch movies, but I shed more than a few as this one was coming to an end. I'm bumping this up to five stars and adding it to my Top 100 list right now.

    03/04/06: Dreaded seeing this, but friends were insistent. What a wonderful movie! I'll never be the world's biggest soccer fan, and fortunately this had less to do with soccer and more to do with race and family issues. Parminder Nagra must do more movies. Keira Knightley is leaving her behind -- in terms of number of movies cranked out, not in terms of talented performances.

  • February 9, 2008
    One of the great Girl-power movies.
  • December 29, 2009
    Nice... FUT BALL!!! Yeahhhhhh
  • December 29, 2009
    very good story line and i absolutly loved the ending, i think its a great story showing what you can do when you set your mind to it
  • December 28, 2009
    A nice and cosy movie about different cultures and how soccer can unite people and cultures. But it's boring and predictable in my eyes.
  • December 20, 2009
    NOT MY KIND OF MOVIE
  • December 19, 2009
    A wonderful Brit flick about ladies football.

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