London Film Critics Circle Awards 2002 - "Red Dragon" Martin Compston - "Sweet Sixteen" <br> Keira Knightley - "Bend It Like Beckham" London Film Critics Circle Awards 2002 The 23rd London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2002, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 12 February 2003. "About Schmidt" "All or Nothing" "Y Tu Mamá También" • Mexico Phillip Noyce - "The Quiet American" Christopher Nolan - "Insomnia" Andrew Bovell - "Lantana" Steven Knight - "Dirty Pretty Things" Michael Caine - "The Quiet American" Stockard Channing - "The Business of Strangers" Hugh Grant - "About a Boy" Lesley Manville
Bend It Like Beckham a person, but also the changing values and culture of NRI teens: Jesse's urge to break the social norm of the Indian home-maker, her sister's (Archie Punjabi) sexually active relationship, and the gay Indian [Tony, played by Ameet Chana]." "The Hindu" argued, "If ever there is a film that is positive, realistic and yet delightful, then it has to be Dream Production's latest venture directed by Gurinder Chadha... Light-hearted, without taking away the considerable substance in terms of values, attitudes and the love for sport, the film just goes to prove that there are ways to be convincing and honest."