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Movie: 'Bend It Like Beckham'

My wife started to read the description of this movie and began with, "A coming-of-age story..." At that point, I shook my head and said, "next." However, now having seen Bend It Like Beckham, I can see why the critics have really liked it.

While I'm neither female nor Indian, the film tells a story nearly everyone can relate to: growing up, finding your own thing, and negotiating all that with your parents. In a micro-nutshell, the main character wants to play soccer and her parents don't want her to. Hilarity and heartbreak follow.

Go see the film. I'm usually pretty hard to please when it comes to movies my wife makes me go see (she has yet to live down "Kate & Leopold"), but this one was a real kick (pun intended).