Bend It Like Beckham
August 2003
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Jumana Farouky
The acting is as nimble as the footwork.
J. R. Jones
Fine character work by Juliet Stevenson, Archie Panjabi, and Bollywood regular Anupam Kher makes this well worth seeing.
Derek Elley
More rooted in small-screen sitcom than anything deeper.
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.
Peter Rainer
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.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
As Spencer Tracy once said of Katharine Hepburn, there's not much meat there, but what's there is choice.
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J. R. Jones
Fine character work by Juliet Stevenson, Archie Panjabi, and Bollywood regular Anupam Kher makes this well worth seeing.
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.
Peter Rainer
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.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
As Spencer Tracy once said of Katharine Hepburn, there's not much meat there, but what's there is choice.
John Anderson
Beckham is so earnestly yearning it packs an emotional impact far greater than the sum of its parts.
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LOVE! LIEBE! Such a fab movie! Anytime I see this movie on TV I can't keep from watching it. The actors/actresses are great (& nice to look at!), and you'll see how the lives of Indian immigrants are and how hard it is to be part of their new country/community (UK) while still trying to hold on to their customs and culture. Great feel-good movie. And all is well in the end! Love it!
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112 minutes
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PG-13
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