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Bend It Like Beckham
MEANRANK
67/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2850
- IMDb #2858
- Google retired #2644
- Rotten Tomatoes #1707
- Metacritic #2071
- Letterboxd #2310
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1559
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2296
- Metacritic Critics #1831
- Metacritic Audience #2559
- Criticker #2512
- Douban #2163
- Kinopoisk #3326
- AlloCiné #3791
- Trakt #3263
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 40, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 85.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An Indian teenager in London has a passion for football, but her traditional family disapproves, wanting her to focus on learning to cook and marry a nice Indian boy. She joins a local women's football team secretly, showcasing her remarkable talent. She must balance her cultural responsibilities at home with her dream of playing the game she loves.
Details
- Director
- Gurinder Chadha
- Writers
- Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
- Studio
- Kintop Pictures, Bend It Films, Roc Media, Road Movies
- Released
- 11 April 2002
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $76.6M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 15th European Film Awards 2002 | Best Actress | Parminder Nagra | Nominee |
| 15th European Film Awards 2002 | Best Film | Gurinder Chadha | Nominee |
| 15th European Film Awards 2002 | Best Film | Road Movies Filmproduktion | Nominee |
| 15th European Film Awards 2002 | Best Film | Kintop Pictures | Nominee |
| 15th European Film Awards 2002 | Best Film | Roc Media | Nominee |
| 15th European Film Awards 2002 | Best Film | Bend It Films | Nominee |
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×| Best Actress | Parminder Nagra | Nominee |
| Best Film | Gurinder Chadha | Nominee |
| Best Film | Road Movies Filmproduktion | Nominee |
| Best Film | Kintop Pictures | Nominee |
| Best Film | Roc Media | Nominee |
| Best Film | Bend It Films | Nominee |