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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Romance /
Sport /
Music
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Director:
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Gurinder Chadha
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Actors:
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Frank Harper,
Trey Farley,
Shaznay Lewis,
Paven Virk,
Saraj Chaudhry,
Parminder Nagra,
Keira Knightley,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers,
Anupam Kher,
Archie Panjabi,
Juliet Stevenson,
Shaheen Khan,
Ameet Chana,
Pooja Shah,
Preeya Kalidas
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Duration:
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112 min.
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Rating:
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(7/10)168
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Plot Summary:
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An Indian family in London tries to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional feature. Unlike her traditional older sister, Pinky, who is preparing for a lavish Indian wedding and a lifetime of cooking the just right chapati, Jess dreams of playing soccer professionally, her luminary David Beckham. Wholeheartedly against Jess' deviant ambition, her parents done party that their reservations be subjected to more to do with protecting her, than with holding her retire from. When Jess is stiff to disclose a choice between convention and her beloved sport, her family essential judge ... whether to let her court her fancy--and a soccer ball--or buttress a more orthodox process.
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Bend It Like Beckham
An artful and heartwarming coming of age story with a girl power theme. I like women that know their mind and how to enjoy themselves. This movie celebrates those characteristics.
Bend It Like Beckham
Writer-director Gurinder Chadha subverts the traditional masculine clichés of the football movie with this confident and highly enjoyable comedy about a young Asian girl trying to emulate her sporting hero
The parents of Hounslow teenager Jess (Nagra) want her to concentrate on her studies, to learn how to cook traditional Indian food, and to marry a respectable young man, just like her soon-to-be-wed older sister Pinky (Panjabi). Jess however is far more passionate about playing football, and is asked by a fellow schoolgirl Jules (Knightley) to come and join the local womens's team the Hounslow Harriers. Their coach Joe (Rhys Meyers) reckons that they both have the talent to succeed in the game. But Jess's mum (Khan) and dad (Kher) ban their daughter from atten...
Bend It Like Beckham
The parents of Hounslow teenager Jess (Nagra) want her to reduce on her studies, to learn how to cook traditional Indian food, and to marry a reputable young man, just her soon-to-be-wed older sister Pinky (Panjabi). Jess however is over the top more argumentative take playing football, and is asked by way of a peer schoolgirl Jules (Knightley) to wind up successfully and join the limited womens's work together the Hounslow Harriers. Their omnibus Joe (Rhys Meyers) reckons that they both have the talent to succeed in the occupation. But Jess's Tell no-one (Khan) and dad (Kher) interdiction their daughter from attending training, extra the harmony of the girls suffers when they both fall quest of the unmodified irons, Joe... As with her earlier films Bhaji On ...
Bend It Like Beckham
This perceive-good teen-oriented comedy theatre arts from Bhaji on the Shore director Gurinder Chadha has two things going for it, in addition its exploitative title: it's install in the world of female football (hardly a subject that's been done to death at the cinema) and against a background of intransigent first-fathering Indian tradition in suburban Britain — giving it the flavour of the superior East Is East. Amateur Parminder Nagra is skilled in both acting and ball-control as the teenager who "worships" at her shrine to England captain David Beckham. It's the crushing predictability of the footballing storyline (promptly-biting end resting on a penalty backlash, anyone?) and her wooden co-top banana Keira Knightley that let her down. Clashes between India...
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