45 points

The movie is primarily about navigating conflicting cultures while coming of age. What makes it fun to watch are the sparkling performances and the lack of bad guys. All of the characters are three-dimensional. The two female leads have a fascinating relationship and are just plain fun to watch.

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41 points

Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?

Me? It’s fucking delicious. Even better with mutter.

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30 points

What if it’s between cooking & wrestling Keira Knightley?

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I also prefer wrestling Keira Knightley with mutter.

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13 points

Reasonable, carry on.

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32 points

oh. I’ve never seen that movie and I thought this post was a joke because I thought the movie bend It like Beckham was literally about David Beckham being a soccer professional.

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12 points

I’ve thought the same thing for 22 years

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7 points

Right? I have never seen it advertised in this context, it’s about 2 teenage girls and some old ladies dressed in middle eastern robes? WTF

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old ladies dressed in middle eastern robes?

🤣

It’s about an english girl with heritage from the indian subcontinent wanting to be a professional football player, and she can “bend it like beckham” (take a free kick where the ball flies through the air in a curved path, instead of a straight one)

Source : what I remember from seeing this film WHEN IT CAME OUT IN THEATERS. I am that old. please dig my grave for me.

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22 points

This movie is the first time I heard the word “lesbian” and my mom REFUSED to tell me what it meant except that it was “not in gods plan”. Jokes on her, she has multiple lesbian daughters now.

Thanks Bend it like Beckham!

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6 points

Actually a pretty great film to be honest.

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