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,
A Girl Called Jules A Girl Called Jules A Girl Called Jules () is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Tonino Valerii. After directing three spaghetti western films, director Tonino Valerii was worried about being typecast as a director of only spaghetti westerns. He began exploring other genres and was initially interested in adapting Livia De Stefani's novel "Black Grapes". The original story of "Black Grapes" involved gangsters, a topic that became popular in Italy after the release of Damiano Damiani's "The Day of the Owl". Valerii was introduced to producer Francesco Mazzei by Riz Ortolani. When approaching him for "Black Grapes", Mazzei