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Comedy, Drama, Romance 112 min PG-13
Rotten Tomatoes85%Metacritic66IMDb
Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
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Effortless, warm, resolved and raw.
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In this genial, unchallenging ethnic sports comedy, Jess (Parminder Nagra) is a talented and passionate soccer player, whose Indian immigrant parents living in a suburb of London disapprove of her athleticism. The central drama is hardly new — the film is something between a Punjabi "Billy Elliot" and "…
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If you loved this film, the television, the book, the music, the game.
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