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A MUST SEE!
I'm not a big fan of soccer, but this movie was great!
My mother insisted I see this movie, and I'm glad I did.
It's very funny and enjoyable. The leading girl, who plays
Jesse, is indian, but talks with an english accent, which
is pretty interesting. It's a really good story, and it's very
funny. You will not be disappointed!

A winning goal !!!!!
"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

YAWN
Keira Knightly, well what can one say, Hollywood seems to give her these shallow movie roles that are supposed to be strong driven stories but this movie, like all the others seem to fail to make the mark. This is supposed to be about friendship and inner strength. The movie is both badly scripted and never seems to go anywhere but Down. I'm sure if another director had done this movie, it would have worked, Instead between Keira's underwelming acting and weak script, it never goes anywhere. SORRY.

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