Bend It Like Beckham
“Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?”
2002 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by 
Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder ChadhaCast
Parminder Nagra 
Keira Knightley 
Jonathan Rhys Meyers 
Anupam Kher Archie Panjabi Shaznay Lewis
Credits
Written by: Gurinder Chadha
Plot
A British-Indian teenage girl in London who loves football and idolises David Beckham tries to play soccer against her traditional family's wishes, in a warm and funny comedy.
Sinekatalog’s take
A warm, funny and hugely popular British comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (124,517 votes)
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