Bend It Like Beckham film a score of 85% based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The consensus states, "Inspiring, compassionate, and with a sly undercurrent of social commentary, Bend It Like Beckham is a lively feel-good movie that genuinely charms." Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" noted that the film "was really full of easy humor, an impeccable sense of milieu that is the result of knowing the culture intimately enough to poke fun at it while understanding its underlying integrity." "The Times of India" noted the film's social context, saying, "[it] is really about the bending of rules,
American Girl (film) American Girl (film) American Girl is a 2002 American film directed by Jordan Brady and starring Jena Malone, Michelle Forbes, Brad Renfro, Alicia Witt, and Erik von Detten. The film premiered on October 16, 2002 at the Austin Film Festival. It was later released to DVD on January 11, 2005 under the title "Confessions of an American Girl". Rena is a suicidal teenage girl whose father is serving a long prison sentence. The boy she likes only uses her for sex and other teenage girls tease her relentlessly. Rena and her family travel to the father's prison for the annual