Bend It Like Beckham
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Bend It Like Beckham

2002Movie1 h 52 minPG-13

ComedyDrama
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IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.5/5Metacritic666.8Rotten Tomatoes85%73%
71
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.5/5Metacritic666.8Rotten Tomatoes85%73%

Summary

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18.

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  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

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  • Lifts you up.
  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.
  • Hits close to home.
  • Feels like real life.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

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Why Couldn't You Be Different?in 78 titlesThe theme of children defying their parents' expectations (and particularly the traditionalism of Indian immigrant parents versus their more assimilated kids) comes up again and again with varying re…"Gender-Normative Parent" PlotRare · in 26 titlesJules's mother opposes her doing a boyish hobby and doesn't understand why she doesn't want to go shopping for girly things to snag herself a man.All 86 tropes

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