Bend It Like Beckham

The juxtaposition between the fast-paced plays on the soccer field and the color-drenched, music-infused wedding party is a highlight of this captivating film. Full Review

Its cheery inoffensiveness, though, is in some ways disappointing. Full Review

The movie isn't unwatchable. It's clumsily good-natured, the actors are appealing, and there are worse ways to spend two hours than looking at pretty young girls in shorts kicking balls. But the movie is way, way too pleased with itself. Full Review

Writer-helmer Gurinder Chadha assembles a gallery of broadly played stereotypes into a movie about social attitudes that's more rooted in small-screen sitcom than anything deeper. Full Review

There's a great sense of fun in the cultural collision between Indian and British lifestyles -- often within the same person. Full Review