Bend It Like Beckham

20th Century Fox (2002)

PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

024543084266

6.7

122,702

Chick Flick | Comedy | Drama

UK | English | Color | 01:52

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Indian director Gurinder Chadha creates a coming-of-age story of a young Indian girl who is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining super-stardom on the soccer field.

Cast View all

	Parminder Nagra	Jess
	Keira Knightley	Jules
	Jonathan Rhys Meyers	Joe
	Anupam Kher	Mr. Bhamra
	Archie Panjabi	Pinky Bhamra
	Shaznay Lewis	Mel
	Frank Harper	Alan Paxton
	Juliet Stevenson	Paula Paxton
	Shaheen Khan	Mrs. Bhamra
	Ameet Chana	Tony
	Pooja Shah	Meena
	Paven Virk	Bubbly
	Preeya Kalidas	Monica
	Trey Farley	Taz
	Saraj Chaudhry	Sonny
	Imran Ali	Gary
	Kulvinder Ghir	Teetu
	Harvey Virdi	Teetu's Mum
	Ash Varrez	Teetu's Dad
	Adlyn Ross	Elderly Aunt
	Shobu Kapoor	Polly
	Zohra Sehgal	Biji
	Ace Bhatti	Nairobi Grandson
	Tanveer Ghani	Video Man
	Nina Wadia	Wedding Guest

Crew View all

Director	Gurinder Chadha
Writer	Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges
Producer	Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha, Ulrich Felsberg, Russel Fischer, Simon Franks, Zygi Kamasa, Deepak Nayar, Paul Ritchie, Haneet Vaswani, Barbara von Wrangell
Musician	Craig Pruess
Photography	Jong Lin

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Edition details

Edition	Special Edition
Packaging	Keep Case
Nr Discs	1
Screen Ratios	Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish] Dolby Digital Stereo [Spanish]
Subtitles	Danish \| English \| English (Closed Captioned) \| Spanish
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Sep 30, 2003
Regions	Region 1

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Index	849
Added Date	Mar 10, 2012 13:58:28
Modified Date	Jun 25, 2024 17:56:04

Notes

Story Synopsis:
Just because you can kick a ball doesn’t mean you can Bend It Like Beckham, a star football player who aspiring player Jessminder Bamhra (Nagra) looks up to. But her traditional Indian family living in West London wants her to find a nice Indian boy and stick with tradition. But one day, while playing a friendly game with the boys in the park, she meets Jules (Knightley), who invites her to try out for a local semi-pro women’s football (soccer to North Americans) team. Forced to hide her time on the field from her family, Jess presses on toward football superstardom. (Suzanne Hodges)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD exhibits a picture with colors that can appear a bit exaggerated at times. Hues seem a bit plugged-up and fleshtones can appear a bit sickly (a little on the green side). Images are generally sharp and detailed, but fine textures are limited. Pixelization is often noticed breaking up finer details, but edge enhancement is rarely a problem. The picture is by no means terrible, it just can appear a bit “digital” and unnatural. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1 has been rather nicely recorded. The soundstage presentation is quite typical, with dialogue-dominant scenes often being very modest in spatiality, and the presence of some atmosphere otherwise. The music is the dominant spatial element of the sound mix, with an aggressive presence all around including the surrounds. There's also palpable low-end content, in the surround channels as well. Voices sound convincingly natural and nicely integrated with the visuals. (Perry Sun)