Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

6.1	Listal rating
6.8	IMDB rating

Directed by

Gurinder Chadha

Starring (View all)

Parminder Nagra

Jesminder 'Jess' Kaur Bhamra

Keira Knightley

Juliette 'Jules' Paxton

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Joe

Anupam Kher

Mr. Bhamra

Archie Panjabi

Pinky Bhamra

Shaznay Lewis

Mel

Frank Harper

Alan Paxton

Juliet Stevenson

Paula Paxton

Written by (View all)

Gurinder Chadha

(written by)

Guljit Bindra

(written by)

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EuroBall

1 month, 1 week ago at Apr 9 13:37

charidotes20

It's about soccer, and it's a pretty European film, complete with: oooo, those dastardly Americans!/I should have gone to America to make money, boo-hoo.

The Indian-immigrant angle is interesting too, especially the one line from Keira Knightley's mom (the elderly white-British matron) who basically cooes at her daughter's Indian friend, saying, in effect: it's *so* good that you y... read more

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Description: Of East Indian origin of the Sikh faith, the Bhamra family have been settled in Great Britain for several years. They have two daughters, Pinky and Jessminder. While Pinky is in the process of getting married, Jessminder is preparing to play football - which is not acceptable to her parents. But Jessminder knows she is good at the spo ... (more)

Release date : 1 August 2003
UPC: 024543084358

Comedy (29), Romance (19), Drama (16), Sport (14), Sports (12), British (11), Soccer (11), 2002 (9), Football (9), Family (7), 2000s (7), Indian (6), Teen (5), UK (4), (3), Teen Movie (3), Chick Flick (3), English (2), Indian Culture (2), Bollywood (2)

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EuroBall

“It's about soccer, and it's a pretty European film, complete with: oooo, those dastardly Americans!/I should have gone to America to make money, boo-hoo.

The Indian-immigrant angle is interesting too, especially the one line from Keira Knightley's mom (the elderly white-British matron) who basically cooes at her daughter's Indian friend, saying, in effect: it's *so* good that you young Indian girls keep your heads down and do what you're told, and, ah! look at me! I'm *terribly* enlightened. That said, many of the people in the girl's family are about as ugly to her.

Although, there is truth in the one thing they said: those girls really *do* look like boys, when they have their heads shaved so they can play soccer or whatever. *shrugs* I have my own opinions about th” read more