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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe most exhilarating movie so far this year. It's made up of many familiar elements -- think ''Monsoon Wedding'' meets ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' meets ''Personal Best'' -- yet before long, you catch on to how buoyant and funny and original it is.
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakTerrifically fun entertainment; wonderfully shot and acted, instilled with spirit and life and able to woo us with its exhuberant freshness.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternI'm still smiling as I recall Jess, the soccer star-to-be, standing behind her straitlaced mother in the kitchen and casually bouncing a head of lettuce on her knee.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyEnergetic, eager-to-please culture-clash comedy.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghLightweight, thoroughly charming fluff.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardDirector and co-writer Gurinder Chadha continues in the vein of her previous movies, "What's Cooking?" and "Bhaji on the Beach," exploring with humor and compassion how cultures adapt in foreign climes.
- 50SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekBend It Like Beckham is supposedly a movie about youth; its biggest shortcoming is that it rarely feels young.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittJust a few years ago, the generally felt aspiration of ethnic groups was to blend in with the majority culture. Today it's to flourish in modern society while actively remembering old-country values...Bend It Like Beckham could cement the trend.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThere's nothing terribly bad about Bend It Like Beckham -- in fact it's a fine Friday-night-out film -- it's just that it strikes me as being an awful little piffle cloaked in the garb of something so much more.