We think the end is predictable. The film is not really modern. We learnt about their religion and their way of living. This film is pleasant, nice to watch. However, it is very slow, there is not a lot of actions and they are very repetitive. This comedy is humoristic and fun. This movie claims the cause of the women, Jess searches to improve in a boy's sport. It breaks the receive idea. The movie fights against sexism. Besides, it shows the culture shock between two cultures: the British Christian and the Indian Sikhs, whose are minority in England.

To be honest, most people did not know who Beckham was. Either you are a sports fan or you are not. It's proof how popular this movie is. The title has been used time and time again. Bent it like....what does that mean. People learned after this.Really cute and yet powerhouse movie at the same time. It's one of those rare gems that you find and are excited about! This movie discusses culture clash, racism, sexism, general women's issues, family issues, relationships, sexual orientation, and more. And it managed to do it with out being preachy, keeping a fun tone, and not going overboard.THIS is a movie. If only more film makers would take notes. You don't need a blasting song in EVERY scene to make your point. The silence speaks volumes in some scenes when the actors just stand there and look at each other with a meaningful intensity. Acting/casting/writing/direction/wardrobes were all fantastic. I would describe this movie as a girl that just wants to follow her dreams and falls in love along the way. Inspirational movie that is a must see imo.

David Beckham is a British soccer star and the husband of Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice" of the Spice Girls). His trademark is a goal shot that curves across the pitch and into the net. The soccer equivalent of an unhittable curve ball in baseball. "Bend it like Beckham" means making that type of spectacular shot. Apart from that, and a little shrine to him in the main character's bedroom and a faux-cameo at the very end, the movie has nothing to do with him.The movie is full of little soccer in-jokes, such as the present that one of the characters' parents give her of a jersey with the number 9 on it (property of the great Mia Hamm, to those in the know), references to "Posh 'n' Becks," the video homage to the WUSA one of the characters plays for a disbelieving friend ("They *have* that??"), lesbian gags, sports-bra gags, and so on.The story is about a teenage girl in England who idolizes Beckham and wants to be a soccer star. She has a real gift, but the two seemingly insurmountable obstacles she must overcome are the absence of a professional women's league in the UK (hence their fascination with our WUSA), and her parents, who are set in very old-fashioned ways that do not allow daughters, among other things, to engage in contact sports. The girl's family are portrayed with great affection -- think My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The girl loves and respects them enough to go through sitcom hell to conceal her growing soccer stardom from them.

Roland E. Zwick ([email protected]) & other earlier positive reviewers have just about said it all. Except, perhaps: this is the kind of non- threatening but stealthily profound story we can't get enough of until everyone in the world gets it: girls' dreams and aspirations matter as much as boys' - and those strange others with their strange ways, are at the heart of it, just like us. Banal? Sue me for loving this movie for these reasons alone.One thing: Can whoever is in charge of the synopsis change it? It's tantamount to summarizing "Casablanca" like this: "Ex-pat American's bar gets shut down over illegal gambling."