Bend It Like Beckham

Love this movie, rlly heartwarming and funny. I found it relatable and they did great portraying Indian culture and what it's like for those people/kids, plus just being a teen. Slice of life vibes- had lots of spirit!

With the movies we see now trying to force some subjects, they should learn with this movie and it’s from 2003! So smooth!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ - Brilliant film. Fun to watch

10❤- Masterpiece 💯
9❤- Excellent
8❤ - Amazing 👌
7❤- Great 🌞
6❤ - Good 👍
5❤ - Average 🤕
4❤ - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3❤ - Bad 😭
2😡- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:face_with_symbols_over_mouth: - Bull Shit

Is it too much to hope for a sequel for this movie?

Good. Funny. Entertaining. Last time I watched a soccer related comedy taking place in the UK (Ted Lasso) I got the impression the producers had no love for the game. It's obvious that the makers of BILB love soccer. I'm not saying that the decisive free kick looks real, but overall scenes on the pitch are way better and way more passionate than whatever Ted Lasso did (with much more money available I surmise). It's not all about soccer though. It's a romance, a romcom (not the High Grant-ish one), a social study, a movie about class, a coming of age movie, a feminist movie and so forth. It's sort of a documentary about the humble beginnings of women's soccer in Britain and in Europe. It's all that in one movie. I like how much fun girls can have (w/o men). I love the two main characters. (Fascinating how much talent and charisma Keira had way before she has risen to global fame in Hollywood - which coincidentally is near Santa Clara). I like the music (Mayflower for the win!)

I don't like the bras. Well, these young actors were probably not coerced and it feels natural but it's clearly superfluous eye candy, isn't it? I don't like the fact that too many people have too many problems (homosexuality, racism, parents, marriage/engagement issues and so forth). Don't misunderstand me. These people feel like real people. But there's too little time to tell all their stories. Why bother to mention it at all then? I don't like the Bollywood-ish parts though. I mean, I appreciate the fact that this movie is primarily about conflicts in multicultural Britain and 2nd gen immigrants' problems in particular but I feel that the depiction of Indians is a big stereotype. Some of those people feel very stupid. In particular in the scenes when this movie almost turns into a Bollywood movie some of the people turn into village idiots. If this movie weren't directed by the director it actually was directed by, I would call it outright racist. I mean the colorful colors, festive dresses, joyful music and playful dances are still nice to look at and listen to, and for the most part this is not how this movie portrays Indian culture but still.... the Bollywood stuff is just childish.

Best scene: Becks and Posh Spice. That's an alpha move. Hahaha.

Fun fact: Parminder is 10 years older than Keira.

I most enjoyed the Indian culture in this movie: the strong family values and loyalty, the bright colors and festive celebrations, the community. The rest felt really dated and meh. Amazing how much culture has shifted around being gay in the last 20 years, too.

Not very funny British comedy about an Indian teenage female footballplayer.

Should've been a lesbian romance.

Juliet Stevenson is the only one who knows what's up in this film