"Bend It Like Beckham" -- along with films like " A League of Their Own," "Stick It" and "Love & Basketball" -- does not fit this pattern, and that alone makes it stand out, even to this day.

Today, “Bend It Like Beckham” is a political film. For Anisha Gupta Müller, a biracial, queer fitness instructor and gender activist in Berlin, who grew up in Oxford and watched the film in ...

"Bend It Like Beckham" trades on the trendy movie themes of girl power and culture clashes, along with that old stand-by: My parents just don't understand me. Oh, and it's a soccer movie, too.

Bend It Like Beckham " is a great metaphor for a lot of us, especially girls," Chadha said in an interview in 2003.

Whack it like Wyatt-Hodge, hit high with Heather Knight and smash it like Sciver-Brunt! Bend It Like Beckham, the 2002 classic, was ahead of its time, celebrating culture and creating ...

"Bend It Like Beckham," the third feature film by Gurinder Chadha ("Bhaji on the Beach," "What's Cooking"), was a smash hit in Britain last year and is now making its way to theaters Stateside.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bend It Like Beckham, Review, and the Criterion Channel's "Starring Michelle Yeoh" playlist.

An Anglo-Indian girl gets to realize her dream after meeting a blonde English tomboy in "Bend It Like Beckham," an amusing comedy set in the world of women's amateur soccer. Writer-helmer Gurinder ...

Bend It Like Beckham is the most exhilarating movie so far this year. It’s made up of many familiar elements — think ”Monsoon Wedding” meets ”My Beautiful Laundrette” meets ”Personal ...

In "Bend It Like Beckham," the lead character Jess (Parminder K. Nagra) fights cultural and familial norms just to have the chance to play soccer. Photo by Sundance/WireImage via Getty Images ...