Bend It Like Beckham

The exuberance of this movie could even make me like football (world-style football, that is). There are some quibbles: the plot convolutions get a little too complex--one conflict at a time, please--and there's a little bit of "80's sports movie training montage" disease in a few scenes...but those are quibbles. You can't help but admire the pluck of the young heroines, and the portrayal of the Sikh family never makes the parents out to be the villains--a healthy respect that gives the movie its enjoyable depth. She shoots, she scores.