Bend It Like Beckham Movie Review 2002

Sweet family comedy has girl power galore. Jesminder (Nagra) is the teenaged daughter of East Indian parents, living in a middle-class London suburb. They wish Jess would be more like her older sister Pinky (Panjabi), who is anticipating her traditional wedding. But what shy Jess wants is to play professional soccer--her hero is superstar player David Beckham--and she secretly joins a local team after befriending fellow player Juliette (Knightley). She impresses (and develops a crush on) her coach Joe (Rhys-Meyers) while trying to keep her activities from her disapproving parents. Of course, there has to be a big game, which will showcase Jess's talents.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from British, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sports Comedies, Soccer, Female Bonding, London, Wedding Bells, Junior Jocks, Teen Angst, Family Comedy

Screenplay

Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra

Cast

Parminder K. Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Shaheen Khan, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Juliet Stevenson, Frank Harper, Shaznay Lewis

Cinematography

Jong Lin

Director

Gurinder Chadha

Music

Craig Preuss

Other

John Hayes, Liz Gallacher, Justin Krish, Mark Scruton, Ralph Holes, Nick Ellis

Producer

Deepak Nayar, Gurinder Chadha, Kintop Pictures, Road Movies, Roc Media, Fox Searchlight