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Summary: buy it! feel good!
Review: definitely a "feel good movie" as everyone's been saying. it's entertaining, funny, and even sad in a few scenes. i'm not familiar with punjabi culture but could still relate to many of the issues brought up in this movie. even so, the movie is light hearted and just meant to entertain. everything worked out in the end and was somewhat unrealistic, but hey it's just a movie. both adults and children will enjoy this movie.
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Summary: Culture at its best .
Review: This a film of culture in the India lifestyle(based in england). This is a movie of Jess ,a soccer
(football) player hopeful, being torn apart between culture,love and wants. She must pick between all of these things. This is a well wrote movie and a wonderful ending. The camera work on this film is wonderful and not annoying to watch. Little to no violence and the pg 13 rating is well suited for a change. This is a great film not only for kids but aldults alike.You will be waiting from scene to scene to see how Jess handles her person problems in an adult world and with her cultural beliefs.
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Summary: Absolutely adorable!
Review: I think that it's great when movies like this get out into the mainstream land of movies. Yes, it has some stereotypes (Jules mom thinks that her daughter is a lesbian because she and her friend kissed after the football game) There are a few "Three's Company" mishaps (and I have nothing against Three's Company!) People comment that this is like My Big Fat Greek Wedding or Monsoon Wedding, but it happens that they also have a wedding in this movie, and like some other cultures, it is a very big affair. Jesminder (Jess) is a big football (soccer to us) lover, and especially loves David Beckham. (who I didn't know before this movie, but is an English football star) She would love to play football professionally, instead of being a "solicitor," but only plays in the park, without her parents knowledge of it. Her mom would like her to become a "normal" Indian woman, like to learn how to cook Aloo Gobi and marry a proper Indian man. Jules, who plays football herself, sees Jess playing in the park, and invites her to try out for the women's team, who is coached by a good looking Irish man, Joe. Jules and and Jess seem to both fancy Joe, but he is not allowed to cross the lines of dating his football players. While all of this is going on, Jess's sister Pinky is getting married to a man she really loves. They are allowed to pick their own husbands, and the wedding is coming up. A really good line that sums Jess up to a tee is when Pinky asks Jess in the car is, "Don't you want this?" Jess follows up with, "Don't you want more than this?" She has a dream that she will do anything to make it come true, whether it is pretending to get a summer job so she can play the sport, or having her sister cover for her so she can go to a game in Germany. This is not just a "boy meets girl" story. It's about a woman who pursues her dream and maybe bends the minds of her parents along the way...
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Summary: This is a really superb movie, loves.
Review: You really ought to see this movie. It's funny, and cute, and though a bit predictable...it's really good. Give it a try....
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Summary: Beckham Rules
Review: It's incredible. We had just returned to Arctic Alaska from a three-week vacation (or "holiday" as they call it)in England and then had the thrill to watch "Bend It Like Beckham" upon our return.
Like an extra dose of the incredible affection the English have for soccer ("football").
The movie expertly blends in that passion with the passion of a superb immigrant Indian family to preserve their customs and traditions, even in their home under the flight path of busy Heathrow Airport in London.
The movie raises some serious issues, but does not let the cast or the viewers get mired there. The lead character ---the Indian young woman Jess who loves soccer, Beckham, and then her soccer coach, quickly dispatches clouds of concern with her smile and strength. What she misses, the cheerful, sometimes extra loud, contemporary musical score picks up and kicks to the next movie lot.
Some might say the ending is a bit contrived. But when my wife Chris and I finished watching the movie, I went over and gave her a kiss and told her I loved her.
I still like Quarterback Bret Favre of the Green Bay Packers a little more than David Bechham, but I am getting to be more and more a soccer fan.
Definitely watch this movie ---it will move you and make you smile ---guaranteed!
Earl
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Summary: My big fat Indian wedding
Review: While this movie was a little predictable, it was still charming. As an American the English slang and fast paced speaking was a little hard to understand at some times. In general a really fun movie. The English mother is the ebst.
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Summary: Watch this movie like Beckham
Review: "Bend It Like Beckham" is a great movie about following one's dreams regardless of any reactions from others. It combines British and Middle Eastern cultures, especially noticed by the lead family. It expresses happiness, sadness, family, jelousy, friendship, and much more. Such combination of elements give this movie a highly unique theme. This is much more than a soccer movie, it's also about discovering the trueness in people. It corrects many stereotypes labeled toward such people. The screenplay writer creatively expresses everything to full potential. No one should be surprised if these efforts are honored with an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. While exploring such important issues, they know how to make their audience laugh. Besides this, the production, the directing, and the acting were wonderful. This makes "Bend It Like Beckham" worth watching more than once. Those who love this movie should also watch "Chariots of Fire", which explores further sports trials.
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Summary: hilarious!
Review: this movie is a funny clash of two different cultures Jess feels sheltered by her family and longs to play soccer so she joins a girls team but doesnt tell her parents because they would forbid it. all this over laps with jess's sister's wedding and becomes very funny as jess tries to find a way to do both
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Summary: A Surprising Joy!
Review: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM is an example of what films that deal with ethnic issues can acomplish. Made with great authority and tenderness by Gurinder Chadka, this endearing movie is about coming of age, about girls in sports, about traditional family values and customs (both East Indian and British), and in general embraces all the spectrum of the day to day traumas and triumphs we all encountered as youngsters. Chadka has elected to use neophytes as actors for the young girls (Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightly) and adds to this mix the talents of veteran performer Juliet Stevenson and the always reliable Jonathan Rhys Meyers, finding just the right combination of fresh youthfulness and experienced adults that makes this movie about life's clashes ring. Beautiful to look at, to experience, and to learn about topics foreign to many of us. The added features on the DVD (including an utterly hilarious cooking class with the director as cook) are also worth the price of this disc which should find its way into many film libraries.
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Summary: It's alright.
Review: The women are gorgeous. It's funny if you know some british slang. Love the recipe on DVD extras. pretty good acting. Needs more soccer.
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