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Bend It Like Beckham is true girl power. This glorious comedy centers on Jess (Parminder Nagra), an Indian girl born in England whose only desire is to become a football--or, as we say on this side of the Atlantic, soccer--star like her idol, David Beckham; but her traditional family refuses to even consider it. With the help of her new friend Juliet (Keira Knightley), Jess secretly joins a girls' team under the guidance of a male coach (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). As the team starts to gain some attention, Jess's secret can't be kept forever. The story of Bend It Like Beckham is so genuine and detailed that it transcends all the sports-movie formulas that it also fulfills with cheeky exuberance. Wonderfully acted, and written and directed with loving care by Gurinder Chadha (Bhaji on the Beach, What's Cooking?), this movie is pure delight from start to finish. --Bret Fetzer
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Coming of age, Indian style
Jun 22 2004
Format:DVD
Cultures clash when talented young Jesminder Bhamra (Parminder Nagra), an Indian girl living with her family in England, earns a spot on a girls' soccer team. Running around in shorts in public is simply not appropriate for a proper young lady, and the time needed for practice would clash with Jess's many obligations, such as preparing for the wedding of her older sister (Archie Panjabi), learning how to cook a proper Indian meal (including vegetarian), and getting into a good school. Jess is soon trying to juggle her home life and her exciting new soccer life, which includes a new best friend (Keira Knightley) and a love interest (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers).
This is a very exhuberant and entertaining film. It follows the basic formula of a coming-of-age film but does it without any missteps. The cast is wonderful. Special mention goes to Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan, who play Jess's parents. Writer/director Gurinder Chadha (with co-writers Paul Mayeda Berges and Guljit Bindra) has made a very entertaining movie.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Suprisengly Great
Jun 17 2004
Format:DVD
What makes a great movie is that the viewer should leave watching this film with a good taste in the mouth that "the movie was good. I enjoyed it." This movie delivers exactly that. The movie shows how traditional values get in the way of the dreams of a British Indian girl looks at. Making "curry", cooking "roti", and singing praises of her husband is a cliché of any Indian girl. How about playing football (soccer in British) Sounds strange? Well, that is what you are all set to witness. A British Indian girl is just about excellent playing football (soccer) and wants to excel in it. But that's not her parent's cup of tea. More than that, she falls in love with a white guy? The Indian cliché family is not going to stand for it. How she hides, runs, and gets her bit of the world is all, "Bend it Like Bekham" is all about. Wait a second, did you think than the movie is a serious melodrama? Hell No! It's an out and out comedy. The comic scenes are extremely hilarious and make you laugh and enjoy the good times melt on the big screen. This movie was surprisingly great, when my cousin brought this film I thought typical chick flick, but it is for some reason a great film. This is a must see film.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A winning goal !!!!!
Jan 10 2007
Format:DVD
"Bend it like Beckham" is a film about dreams, more specifically about the dream of Jess (Parminder Nagra), a young teenager who would love to play soccer as well as her idol, David Beckham. There are two problems, though. The first is the fact that she is a girl, and the second is her very traditional Hindu family.
The first problem proves to be easily surmountable, as Jess meets Jules (Keira Knightley), a girl who happens to play in the local soccer team. Jules introduces Jess to the coach of her soccer team, Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Despite some initial skepticism, Joe incorporates Jess to the team, after a great try out.
Unfortunately, Jess cannot share her happiness with her family. Her parents are immigrants from India, and even though they have lived in England for a long time they still cherish their old traditions. Of course, and according to them, a good girl shouldn't play soccer: she should think about getting married :)
As a result, Jess hides the good news from her father (Anupam Kher), mother (Shaheen Khan) and sister (Archie Punjabi), and begins to play soccer with her new team. As you can imagine, keeping her family from finding out the truth will be quite difficult and hectic. Meanwhile, we will learn some things about cultural differences, friendship, love and (why not?) soccer.
On the whole, I highly recommend this movie, even if you aren't that much into soccer. It is very entertaining, but it also helps you to reflect on our increasingly multicultural societies. I specially liked the overall positive message, and I would like to recommend this movie to you and your family. It is a winning goal :)
Belen Alcat
The first problem proves to be easily surmountable, as Jess meets Jules (Keira Knightley), a girl who happens to play in the local soccer team. Jules introduces Jess to the coach of her soccer team, Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Despite some initial skepticism, Joe incorporates Jess to the team, after a great try out.
Unfortunately, Jess cannot share her happiness with her family. Her parents are immigrants from India, and even though they have lived in England for a long time they still cherish their old traditions. Of course, and according to them, a good girl shouldn't play soccer: she should think about getting married :)
As a result, Jess hides the good news from her father (Anupam Kher), mother (Shaheen Khan) and sister (Archie Punjabi), and begins to play soccer with her new team. As you can imagine, keeping her family from finding out the truth will be quite difficult and hectic. Meanwhile, we will learn some things about cultural differences, friendship, love and (why not?) soccer.
On the whole, I highly recommend this movie, even if you aren't that much into soccer. It is very entertaining, but it also helps you to reflect on our increasingly multicultural societies. I specially liked the overall positive message, and I would like to recommend this movie to you and your family. It is a winning goal :)
Belen Alcat
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"It put me off beans on toast for life."
This charming little movie combines sports, young love, and family conflict to make an utterly entertaining comedy/drama. Read more
Published on Jun 15 2006 by Kona
Save time and money
I just watched this movie and I feel disappointed. The original idea is very good and was for more, instead the film turns in to a cheese soap opera which I just wanted to stop. Read more
Published on July 11 2005 by chayito
Oligobi?
Family values and girl power rules in this movie.
The story is about a tomboy girl growing up in a traditional Indian family, which of course is more partial for her to be more... Read more
Published on July 5 2004 by Norliza Ismail
The US thinks it's the only country that has rascism...
This is a truly wonderful story. Okay, it has some sort of silly bits, but overall it offers a moving portrait of a young Pakistani girl living in London, and coping with her... Read more
Published on July 2 2004 by Megan
Bend it Like Beckham Scores!
This movie is about Jess Bhamra, an eighteen-year-old Indian girl who dreams of playing soccer (football) as well as her idol, real-life footballer/soccer star David Beckham. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2004
Girls Rule!!!1
I THINK THIS MOVIE SENDS A GREAT MESSAGE TO YOUNG GIRLS DISPITE WHAT OTHERS HAVE YOU TO BELIEVE. HER PARENTS WERE SIMPLY WRONG FOR NOT ALLOWING HER TO FOLLOW HER PASSION (WHICH IS... Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004
Lesbian? I thought she was pisces?
This is just one of the many funny lines in the brilliant English movie about an Indian-English girl that defies her family and plays soccer all day. Read more
Published on Jun 4 2004 by M. Buisman
this is a bad movie, it sends a bad message for tenage girls
The underlying message I found in this movie was: It's OK to lie to and decieve your parents, if you think their wrong and you are right. Read more
Published on May 28 2004 by C. YARBROUGH
Why cook aloo gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?
The film "Bend it Like Beckham" is an engaging film about a teenaged Sikh girl, Jesminder 'Jess' Bhamra (Parminder K. Read more
Published on May 26 2004 by M. Hart
I really liked this movie!
I really liked this movie.
It was funny, charming, and aspiring.
Yeah it's been done before, we've seen umpteenth movies like this, but this movie rocked anyways. Read more
It was funny, charming, and aspiring.
Yeah it's been done before, we've seen umpteenth movies like this, but this movie rocked anyways. Read more
Published on May 26 2004 by Digibong!
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