Bend it Like Beckham
[DVD Info]

An Indian girl living in Britain, Jess (Parminder K. Nagra)comes from a very traditional family and she loves to play football (soccer to us Americans) but her parents refuse to support her dreams of becoming a professional...or even just playing for fun. They just want her to live a quiet life and marry a nice Indian boy like her "perfect-in-her-parent's-eyes" sister, Pinky (Archie Panjabi). One day, she is invited to play on a team by Juliette Paxton (Keira Knightley) a white girl, whose mom thinks she's a lesbian. The two very different girls soon become best friends. But when they both start to fall for their coach Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and lines of friendship start to be crossed, will their friendship survive? Will she ever be accepted in the football world? Will Jess's parents ever understand her dream?

"Jess...I'm Irish...of course I know what it feels like [to be made fun of]." ~Joe.

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This was a sweet soccer movie about friendship and trying to appease your family and honor their traditions. Of course there have been thousands of movies done like this but there was something different about this one. It showed that love can prevail and you can do anything you set your mind to. It tugged on all the right heartstrings and left you with a big smile on your face. Because of this, the jury gives this flick:

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