Lots of people came away from this film entertained and amused. Im afraid I did'nt. This was one of the only films I have nearly walked out on. It was one big badly written, unfunny, cliched mess. Unlike the amazing East is East there is no real attmept at decent characterisation. All the older Indian people are bigots and all the kids are caught between their british-ness and their parents Indian traditions. Jonathan Rhys Myers does his usual brilliant job of making an already one dimenshioned character seem lifeless. Take the piece of dialogue between his Irish character and Jess 'Im Irish, of course I know about racism' Couple that with endless trite, cliched dialogue and a dull story its no way near the joy that was East is East
Review of Bend It Like Beckham
