Friday 18 April 2014

Bend it Like Beckham (2002 Gurinder Chadha)

Parminda Nagra and Keira Knightley are the footballers, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Archie Panjabi, Juliet Stevenson.

Refreshingly set in Sikh community in Hounslow, film crosses all sorts of sexual, religious and ethnic boundaries most successfully and makes you wish there were more British films this intelligent - and funny. "look how dark you're getting, playing outside."

Two songs too many at the end. Dedicated to the director / co-writer's father.

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