Bend It Like Beckham

In this cultural clash, our heroine is a young Indian girl living in England. She secretly plays soccer for a local team, while her mother is more interested in grooming her for a suitable marriage. Her activities first ruin her sister's upcoming marriage, then her friend's mom thinks they are lesbians, and there is competition for the love interest. In some ways, an ''East is East'' version of ''Billy Elliot''.

110 minutes.
Parental Guidance .
Comedy

Showtimes

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Credits

Cast	Parminder K. Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam Kher
Director	Gurinder Chadha
Screenplay	Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha
Music	Craig Pruess
Cinematography	Jong Lin
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Dolby
Made in	2002
Produced by	A consortium of British, German and American companies

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
The Moviesite Ian Douglas	12
Cape Argus Aldrin Naidu	15
The Cape Times Rafiek Mammon	15
The Star Tanya Farber	16
Die Burger Hannelie Booyens	15
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
Rapport Paul Boekkooi	16
Total Movie Nev Pierce	10
SA India	16
Film Review Anwar Brett	15
Empire Alan Morrison	15
What the People say
Internet 354 Netizens	14
Average .. 73%	15

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Well, it's not Bridgit Jones, but I enjoyed this more than East is East. This time it is the Sikh community which is ripped off, serving as a backdrop to a teen romantic comedy. Teenagers should enjoy it, they should drag their parents along as well if possible, for a look at the problems in a multicultural society not all that different from our own. A feel-good girlie movie. There is not much humour in the first half, but it picks up after half time.

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Bend It Like Beckham

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 73%

Visitor Comments