Bend It Like Beckham Reviews
Common Sense Media
Superb tale of a girl's struggle for her dreams.
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| Original Score: 4/5
The acting is as nimble as the footwork.
Window to the Movies
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.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Fine character work by Juliet Stevenson, Archie Panjabi, and Bollywood regular Anupam Kher makes this well worth seeing.
Empire Magazine
Delightfully upbeat, it will send you back out onto the street grinning from ear to ear.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Time Out
Top CriticNagra 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.
NYC Film Critic
It reminds you why these formulas are still around, because every now and then, they really do work.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
tonymedley.com
Suffice it to say this is a delightful, uplifting treat, whether you like soccer or not (and I don't).
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| Original Score: 9/10
Los Angeles Alternative
its irresistible charms and performances are what linger and make Beckham a popcorn, er, samosa flick worth savoring.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
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.
Atlantic City Weekly
The enchanting performance by Parminder Nagra gives the movie a ton of heart and soul.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
Moviola
'Es una cinta para sentirse bien, divertirse, pasar un buen rato y salir con una honesta sonrisa en la boca, dejando los problemas a un lado por un buen rato'
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| Original Score: 3/4
Three Movie Buffs
A 'feel good movie' of the very best kind.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Hollywood Report Card
It's a warm fun movie with a good sense of humor.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Las Vegas Weekly
Chadha makes a film with something in short supply in American teen-targeted films: class.
| Original Score: 3.5/5
Entertainment Insiders
All that fancy footwork, wow! And a mature story that manages to rise above the typical teen fare. And Freddy Prinze, Jr. isn't anywhere to be found.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
As Spencer Tracy once said of Katharine Hepburn, there's not much meat there, but what's there is choice.
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| Original Score: B+
Mark Reviews Movies
It's simply a nice story, affectionately told, and worthy of the 'feel-good' label.
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| Original Score: 3/4
