rating:
(out of
4 stars)United Kingdom, Germany, United States; 2002
Directed by Gurinder Chadha; produced by Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayar; written by Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges
Starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis
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What an enjoyable movie 'Bend It Like Beckham' is. The story about an Indian
and an English girl is funny, adorable and moving. The Indian girls is
Jesminder (Parminder K. Nagra). As an Indian girl she is not allowed to play
soccer. She is not even allowed to choose her own husband. She wants to make
her own choices and fights for that, not always successful. Her best friend
is the English Juliette (Keira Knightley, also known from 'Pirates of the
Caribbean'), part of her soccer team. They are both in love with their coach
Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and of course that has to give some troubles.
Nagra and Knightley are great in their roles, both funny, both beautiful.
The story is interesting and from the start of the movie it gets you and
won't let go.