Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 148
Fresh: 126 | Rotten: 22
Inspiring, compassionate, and with a sly undercurrent of social commentary, Bend It Like Beckham is a lively feel-good movie that genuinely charms.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 6
Inspiring, compassionate, and with a sly undercurrent of social commentary, Bend It Like Beckham is a lively feel-good movie that genuinely charms.
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An independent-minded young woman discovers the joys of football, much to her family's chagrin, in this upbeat British comedy drama. Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is an 18-year-old growing up in West London, where her family has taken every effort to stay in touch with its Indian heritage. Jess' father and mother (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) are after their daughter to go to law school, learn to cook a traditional Indian dinner, and settle down with a nice Indian boy -- the latter of which is
PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.
Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Burges, Paul Mayeda Berges
Aug 1, 2003 Wide
Sep 30, 2003
$32.4M
Fox Searchlight Pictures
All Critics (153) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (133) | Rotten (22) | DVD (35)
The acting is as nimble as the footwork.
Fine character work by Juliet Stevenson, Archie Panjabi, and Bollywood regular Anupam Kher makes this well worth seeing.
More rooted in small-screen sitcom than anything deeper.
Every generation has to discover the same clichés that were drummed into previous generations, and kids could do worse than to learn them from this film.
As Spencer Tracy once said of Katharine Hepburn, there's not much meat there, but what's there is choice.
Beckham is so earnestly yearning it packs an emotional impact far greater than the sum of its parts.
Superb tale of a girl's struggle for her dreams.
A comedy with heart and substance.
Chadha does a decent job directing, while Parminder Nagra does a good job acting. The movie's main problem is that it's a little more fussy than it needs to be.
Delightfully upbeat, it will send you back out onto the street grinning from ear to ear.
Nagra and Knightley have winning personalities, but credit should also go to writer/director Chadha for getting the balance right between humour and pathos, and sporting and romantic action.
Formulaico do início ao fim, não convence nem mesmo em suas seqüências envolvendo futebol %u2013 apesar da boa dinâmica entre Nagra e Knightley.
It reminds you why these formulas are still around, because every now and then, they really do work.
Suffice it to say this is a delightful, uplifting treat, whether you like soccer or not (and I don't).
its irresistible charms and performances are what linger and make Beckham a popcorn, er, samosa flick worth savoring.
The enchanting performance by Parminder Nagra gives the movie a ton of heart and soul.
Bend It Like Beckham is a fun movie about a British Indian girl named Jess (Parminder Nagra) who loves the game of soccer more than anything, but is encouraged by her traditional parents to abandon her passion and focus on other areas of her life, like finding a husband. She lies and defies them in order to keep
June 30, 2007Super Reviewer
Amazing! One of my all time favourite films!
June 23, 2011Super Reviewer
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