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How real is "Bend It Like Beckham"?

By Jeff Merron
Page 2 staff

Monday, November 10, 2003

You've heard about it. Maybe you've even seen it on the big screen. "Bend It Like Beckham," the story of two young British women who overcome a variety of obstacles to succeed at soccer, has been perhaps the most successful soccer film ever in the U.S. (It's grossed over $32.5 million in the States alone, not bad for a film with a budget of about $6 million.) It recently came out on DVD. "Bend It" is a contemporary sports dramedy, one that clearly aims for a high level of realism in depicting B ...

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