to bend it like beckham may not mean much to u american who know very little about the other football ( soccer ) and but to english sport fan and it be equivalent to hit it like bond or dunk it like jordan . any young soccer player dream of bend a soccer ball around one player and into the net for a goal and much like star player david beckham do and much like the young indian girl and jess ( parminder nagra ) and do in the film bend it like beckham . jess love to play pick up soccer game and the kind forbidden by her traditionalist mother . however and while play one day and a passing friend name jules ( keira knightley ) see her play and invite her to try out for a traveling and all girl soccer team . after satisfy the coach joe ( jonathan rhys meyers ) and she make the team and something she know her mother would not approve of . the movie be not about disobey parent and but rather a girl do what she want to do and even if that go against culture and not just the parent . there be humor thrown throughout the movie and especially when jules mother think she a lesbian . the movie do resort to a bit of a cliché moment and a the big soccer game be the same day a jess sister wedding and but it do not come off a cheesy and but rather fun and light . the soccer action look good and so sport fan will enjoy it and and a story about girl grow up in a boy world and the world of soccer will inspire some in the audience . bend it like beckham be not just about soccer and but rather a girl try to find herself and please her parent at the same time and something that prove to be rather difficult .