Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
LOW LEVEL COARSE LANGUAGE, SEXUAL REFERENCES
| Director: | Gurinder Chadha |
| Actors: | Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaheen Khan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers |
Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?
Eighteen year-old Jess’s parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play football like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she’s spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women’s football team. The girls are the same age and they share the same dreams. As they become firm friends, their team really starts to go places.
But Jess’s parents don’t understand why she won’t settle down, study for law school and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. Why, they wonder, can’t she be more like her sister, Pinky, who’s engaged to a very suitable young man? If they only knew what Pinky gets up to…
Jules dreams of playing pro-football in the United States, but her Mum wishes she could be a bit more girlie – how is she ever going to find a boyfriend if she won’t put on a dress? What her Mum doesn’t know is that Jules isn’t interested in playing the field – she’s just after one man, Joe, but being the team coach, Joe is out of bounds.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 107mins |
| Origin: | GERMANY |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 16:9 Enhanced |
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Member Reviews (31)
31 Member
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Bill Pickford
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One of most entertaining movies i have seen
Michelle S.
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i loved this movie it was very entertaining definitely recommend it
Christine D.
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Light Hearted look at culture, feel good movie
Chris J.
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I had heard the hype and up until now I had resisted. I was wrong to hold out for so long, a great movie. Accessible to everyone and with a great story to tell. I loved every minute of it.
Sanjeewa H.
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Greg M.
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Seems to be a typical send up of Indian culture in the UK. Found it funny in parts and overall it was an enjoyable movie.
Paul G.
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Girls and soccer, has its moments of laughter, worth a look.
Jason M.
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Kim H.
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This was a good movie for teens. Good clean fun.
Tony Hingston
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Chris D
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An ejoyable feel-good film
Anne Reynolds
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John
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John
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Top movie well worth the effort you won't be disappointed
Angela Dennis
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the original-and-bubbly-fresh James
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"Bend it like Beckham" is a total waste of everyone's time! Please don't watch this film! The indian-culture humour is such an easy target, and the ending is quite unpromising, no pay-off at all. The humour is weak, as is the story and performances, with the director resorting to stereotypes to portray the characters. The ONLY reason you may be forgiven for watching this flick, is if you only wanto to see it for Keira Knightly's break-out performance. There's nothing feel-good about this movie at all, it really is a "feel-peed-off" movie,in that you wasted your time.
Patricia Summers
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A delightful story which is probably being played out in many communities with an ethnic mix. Interesting to see how an Indian family copes with the cultural differences of life in Britain.
Jacqui Logan-Powell
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Scott
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In a similar vein to 'East is East' (yet in current times), explores the funnier, quirky side of growing up in the UK with foreign customs. Very funny in parts but quite a sad endightment as to the pressures that modern day kids grow up with. Give it a go.
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Lorraine
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Very Funny especially if you have some knowledge of Indian families
Ryan
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Ronald
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worth seeing again and again
Helen
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