Teenager
Jess doesn�t want to end up as a boring solicitor.
She wants to play football like her hero, David Beckham. But
being a girl, her chances are limited to having a kick about in the
local park and, being an Asian girl, her family don�t even agree
with her doing that! Her mum says, �Who�d want a girl who plays
football all day but can�t make chapattis?�
If
they knew she was playing with the Hounslow Harriers women�s team,
they�d have a collective fit.
Following
on from the success of her earlier comedies �Bhaji on the Beach�
and �What�s cooking?�, Gurinder Chadha turns this
British-Asian film about a clash between traditional values and the
modern world into a fantastic feel good movie. Chock full of
wonderful characters � Jess� long-suffering mother, her
promiscuous sister, and her fellow teammates � �Beckham� is a
real crowd pleaser.
Chadha
tackles a few interesting topics in this film, including gender
issues, cross-cultural differences and matters of the heart.
What
problems do you think come up in this film from a religious and
moral point of view?
The
Problems?
h
Sexism?
� �Who wants to cook aloo gobhi when you can bend the ball like
Beckham?�
h
Inter-
religious problems?
h
Inter
racial relationships?
h
Arranged
marriages?
h
Homosexual
/ lesbian relationships?
h
Racism?
h
Generation gap?
h
Immigrants
V 1st generation British?
Come
up with examples from the film to illustrate the above points. Take
two main themes and work out how a Christian might view them.
Do the themes work well within the film or are they rather
contrived?
