i saw this with few expectation and absolutely love it . bend it like beckham be a fairly typical come of age movie about a fairly atypical girl . this be parminder nagra ( er ) breakout role and play jess and a teenager in england who be catch between her traditional indian family and her love of football ( that soccer to u north american ) . and even though she actually much old than her character and she play the role pitch perfect . this be a movie about friendship specifically jess friendship with jules ( keira knightley ) and her teammate who be also go through family issue and especially with her mom and who wear purple nail polish and little bow on her shoe and and who want jules to be more feminine and wear lacy underwear and flirt with boy and be terrify that play sport mean her daughter be a lesbian . jules and jess both love play the game and have issue try to convince their family to let them go after their dream . they also and unfortunately and both love the same man joe and their coach ( play by jonathan rhys meyers ) . the love triangle cause some strain in their friendship . in some spot and bend it like beckham fall into clichés . in others and scene drag on far too long and and this movie probably could have benefit from overall tighter edit . but this be a refreshingly fun film about grow up and culture clash and and the love of football . it about female empowerment and chase your dream and and support your friend . funny and charming and fun and bend it like beckham be the little film that could . and do . excellent . positive .