Bend It Like Beckham

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Directed by

Gurinder Chadha

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Parminder Nagra
Jess

Keira Knightley
Jules

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

Gurinder Chadha
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Paul Mayeda Berges
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EuroBall

11 years, 5 months ago at Apr 9 18:37

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

An average movie

6 years, 10 months ago at Nov 16 16:04

johanlefourbe

To be honest, when I first heard of this movie, I thought it sounded really lame and the only reason I decided to check it out anyway was only because I had a weak spot for Keira Knightley. Indeed, except in Great Britain, who was able to understand what the title actually meant? Furthermore, a football movie chosing David Beckham, easily by far the most overrated footballer that ever existed, as ... 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 sport, and she does receive considerable encouragement. Her parents are clearly uncomfortable with their daughter running around in shorts, chasing a big ball, instead of being clad in a traditional salwar khameez, and learning to cook East Indian recipes. Jessminder must now decide what's important fo ... (more)

Release date: 1 August 2003
UPC: 024543084358

Tags: Comedy (33), Romance (22), Drama (18), Sport (17), Sports (14), British (14), Soccer (13), Football (12), 2002 (11), Indian (9), 2000s (8), Family (7), (5), Teen (5), English (4), UK (4), Teen Movie (3), Chick Flick (3), Indian Culture (2), Friendship (2)

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