jess be 18 and very smart and want nothing more than to play football and when she join a local team she have to lie to her parent again and again and a they would never approve of her chase her dream and they want her to settle down with a nice indian boy and learn how to cook . bend it like beckham be a very funny feel good movie that doesn not need to be deep and complex and it just fine a it be . the cast be all very good and they play their role very well and the story be simple and predictable and but it work perfectly and the script be very realistic and very funny . a great family movie positive .