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| Parminder Nagra | ... | Jesminder 'Jess' Kaur Bhamra | |
| Keira Knightley | ... | Juliette 'Jules' Paxton | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Joe | |
| Anupam Kher | ... | Mr. Bhamra | |
| Archie Panjabi | ... | Pinky Bhamra | |
| Shaznay Lewis | ... | Mel | |
| Frank Harper | ... | Alan Paxton | |
| Juliet Stevenson | ... | Paula Paxton | |
| Shaheen Khan | ... | Mrs. Bhamra | |
| Ameet Chana | ... | Tony | |
| Pooja Shah | ... | Meena (as Poojah Shah) | |
| Paven Virk | ... | Bubbly | |
| Preeya Kalidas | ... | Monica | |
| Trey Farley | ... | Taz | |
| Saraj Chaudhry | ... | Sonny (as Saraj Chaudry) | |
| Imran Ali | ... | Gary | |
| Kulvinder Ghir | ... | Teetu | |
| Harvey Virdi | ... | Teetu's Mum | |
| Ash Varrez | ... | Teetu's Dad | |
| Adlyn Ross | ... | Elderly Aunt | |
| Shobu Kapoor | ... | Polly | |
| Zohra Sehgal | ... | Biji (as Zohra Segal) | |
| Ace Bhatti | ... | Nairobi Grandson (as Ahsen Bhatti) | |
| Tanveer Ghani | ... | Video Man | |
| Nina Wadia | ... | Wedding Guest | |
| Jenni Birch | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Olivia Schofield | ... | Hounslow Harrier (as Olivia Scholfield) | |
| Natasha Lee | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Louise Walker | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Danielle Richards | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Suzanna Keeka | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Tanya Beverly | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Sally Kirkbride | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Maki Okumurakami | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Nav Bopari | ... | Hounslow Harrier | |
| Gary Lineker | ... | Himself | |
| Alan Hansen | ... | Himself | |
| John Barnes | ... | Himself | |
| John Motson | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| David Beckham | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gurinder Chadha | ... | Woman in Park / Wedding Guest (uncredited) | |
| Brandi Chastain | ... | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ray Donn | ... | Man at Airport (uncredited) | |
| Ryan Giggs | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Mia Hamm | ... | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Andy Harmer | ... | David Beckham (uncredited) | |
| Kristine Lilly | ... | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Tiffeny Milbrett | ... | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gary Neville | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gill Penny | ... | Victoria Beckham (uncredited) | |
| Bill Ridealgh | ... | Man at Airport (uncredited) | |
| Paul Scholes | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Gurinder Chadha | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Gurinder Chadha | (written by) & | |
| Guljit Bindra | (written by) & | |
| Paul Mayeda Berges | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Paul Mayeda Berges | .... | associate producer | |
| Gurinder Chadha | .... | producer | |
| Ulrich Felsberg | .... | executive producer | |
| Russel Fischer | .... | executive producer | |
| Simon Franks | .... | executive producer | |
| Zygi Kamasa | .... | executive producer | |
| Deepak Nayar | .... | producer | |
| Paul Ritchie | .... | line producer | |
| Haneet Vaswani | .... | executive producer | |
| Barbara von Wrangell | .... | line producer: Germany (as Barbara Von Wrangell) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Craig Pruess | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Jong Lin | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Justin Krish | |||
Casting by | |||
| Carrie Hilton | |||
| Liora Reich | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Nick Ellis | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Mark Scruton | (supervising art director) (uncredited) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Sara Neighbour | (as 'Cheeky' Sara Neighbour) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Ralph Holes | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Sarah Astley | .... | hair stylist | |
| Sarah Astley | .... | makeup artist | |
| Tal Botzer | .... | assistant hair stylist: Germany | |
| Tal Botzer | .... | assistant makeup artist: Germany | |
| Emma Cowen | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Emma Cowen | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Julie Kendrick | .... | daily hair stylist | |
| Julie Kendrick | .... | daily makeup artist | |
| Lucky | .... | henna and nail artist | |
| Rita Patel | .... | daily hair stylist | |
| Rita Patel | .... | daily makeup artist | |
| Paula Price | .... | hair stylist | |
| Paula Price | .... | makeup artist | |
| Sara Tuohey | .... | makeup trainee | |
| Julie Van Praag | .... | hair stylist supervisor | |
| Julie Van Praag | .... | makeup supervisor | |
Production Management | |||
| Claudia Blümel | .... | production manager: Germany (as Claudia Bluemel) | |
| Sandra Shuttleworth | .... | production manager | |
| Claudia Sumner | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Paul Mayeda Berges | .... | second unit director | |
| Phil Booth | .... | second assistant director | |
| Gundula Dietrich | .... | second assistant director: Germany | |
| Fiona Gosden | .... | additional third assistant director (as Fiona Godsen) | |
| Guy Heeley | .... | first assistant director | |
| Oliver Kester | .... | third assistant director: Germany | |
| Vicky Marks | .... | third assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Ian Bee | .... | carpenter (as Ian 'Buzz' Bee) | |
| Lee Bryant | .... | additional stand-by props | |
| Jaswinder Bushell | .... | art department consultant | |
| Jay Butcher | .... | carpenter | |
| Phil Clarke | .... | art department assistant | |
| Lisa Collins | .... | painter | |
| Nina Cowan-Russell | .... | assistant props buyer (as Nina Russell-Cowan) | |
| John Drury | .... | carpenter | |
| Lizzie Hagan | .... | junior buyer | |
| Andrew Hall | .... | painter (as Andrew 'Hally' Hall) | |
| Russell Hanson | .... | dressing props | |
| Nick Holmes | .... | scenic artist | |
| Henry Jones | .... | chargehand carpenter | |
| Dave Kibble | .... | storeman | |
| Thorwald Kiefel-Kuhls | .... | set decorator: Germany | |
| Nigel Kirk | .... | lead painter | |
| Ray McNeill | .... | property master | |
| Jono Moles | .... | construction manager | |
| Lucy Moles | .... | construction buyer | |
| Tom O'Donnell | .... | graphic designer (as Tom O'Donell) | |
| Barnaby Papworth | .... | carpenter | |
| Clive Pickard | .... | stand-by props | |
| Greg Smith | .... | additional stand-by props | |
| Sarah Stuart | .... | assistant art director | |
| Jonathan Watts | .... | stagehand | |
| Ashley Winter | .... | stand-by art director | |
| Ruth Wynne | .... | additional stand-by props | |
| Stuart Read | .... | stand-by props (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Minky Billups | .... | lead digital artist | |
| Scott Billups | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Chris Buchakjian | .... | digital artist | |
| Tim Cutt | .... | digital artist | |
| Josh Levine | .... | digital artist | |
| Mark Edwards | .... | visual effects producer (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jim Bishop | .... | focus puller | |
| Lou Bogue | .... | gaffer | |
| Neil Brown | .... | additional focus puller | |
| Ben Chads | .... | additional focus puller | |
| Philip Coleman | .... | additional grip | |
| Chris Connatty | .... | clapper loader | |
| John Cridlin | .... | additional focus puller | |
| Sara Deane | .... | camera trainee | |
| Matthew Hale | .... | additional focus puller | |
| Star Hart | .... | camera trainee (as Star) | |
| Tony Hennessey | .... | stand-by rigger (as Tony Hennessy) | |
| Finch Judges | .... | camera trainee | |
| Mary Kyte | .... | additional camera operator | |
| Callum Milne | .... | electrician | |
| Jamie Monks | .... | additional grip | |
| Phil Mullally | .... | additional focus puller | |
| Peter Myslowski | .... | grip | |
| Charles Palmer | .... | additional camera operator | |
| Christine Parry | .... | still photographer | |
| Ralph Ramsden | .... | additional focus puller | |
| Gary Romaine | .... | additional grip | |
| Martin Stephens | .... | additional camera operator | |
| Pat Sweeney | .... | best boy | |
| David Taylor | .... | electrician | |
| Eva Vellmer | .... | camera trainee: Germany | |
| Simon Ward | .... | additional grip (as Simon Wards) | |
| Peter Wignall | .... | Steadicam operator (as Peter Wignal) | |
| Peter Wignall | .... | camera operator (as Peter Wignal) | |
| Terry Williams | .... | additional grip (as Terry William) | |
| Jonathan Yates | .... | generator operator | |
| Niki Roberton | .... | camera trainee (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Carole Ruggier | .... | adr casting: USA | |
| Stephen Moore | .... | casting assistant (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Johnathon de Domenico | .... | costume supervisor (as Johnathon De Domenico) | |
| Rupert Goldbeck | .... | costume trainee: Germany | |
| Samantha Green | .... | costume trainee | |
| Rebecca Townsend | .... | costume assistant | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Carlos Domeque | .... | assistant editor | |
| Karin C. Müller | .... | post-production: Road Movies (as Karin C. Mueller) | |
| John Scott | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Chuck Winston | .... | color timer | |
Music Department | |||
| Liz Gallacher | .... | music supervisor | |
| Malkith Singh | .... | music performer: "Jind Mahi" (as Malkit Singh) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Kevin Canty | .... | driver: bus | |
| David Gwyther | .... | unit driver (as Dave Gwyther) | |
| Ben Hibbert | .... | driver: American trailer | |
| Charles Jaffrey | .... | unit driver | |
| Vidya Krishnamurthy | .... | runner driver | |
| Darren Mackie | .... | runner driver | |
| Ian McLoughlin | .... | driver: camera truck | |
| Mark O'Hanlan | .... | dining bus driver | |
| David Taylor | .... | driver | |
Other crew | |||
| Reno Antoniades | .... | legal services: Lee & Thompson | |
| Joanna Ashton-Jones | .... | development executive: Road Movies | |
| Jamie Atkins | .... | assistant chef | |
| Denise Booth | .... | sales manager: Road Movies | |
| Victoria Chambers-Pike | .... | script supervisor | |
| Philip Clark | .... | scout | |
| Simon Clifford | .... | football coach | |
| Simon Clifford | .... | football coordinator | |
| Andrew Cooke | .... | location manager | |
| Lauren Cox | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Charlotte Craib | .... | production runner | |
| Jeremy Crane | .... | production runner | |
| Josh Davies | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Laurie Dodsworth | .... | post-production accountant | |
| Susan Dretzka | .... | production coordinator | |
| Steve Dyke | .... | assistant chef | |
| Christin Freitas | .... | extras wrangler: Germany | |
| Frank Graf | .... | head of business affairs: Road Movies | |
| Frank Graf | .... | head of finance: Road Movies | |
| Dewi Grobecker | .... | floor runner: Germany | |
| Uwe Grobecker | .... | accounting: KSG, Germany | |
| Claudia Hallemann | .... | production coordinator: Germany | |
| Arthur Heinert | .... | extras wrangler: Germany | |
| Christian Hilgers | .... | runner: Germany | |
| Christian Hilgers | .... | trainee: Germany | |
| Simon Hill | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Lisa Inman | .... | trainee: FT2 | |
| Clyde Lane | .... | chef | |
| Richard Lever | .... | legal services: Lee & Thompson | |
| Hailon Li | .... | assistant: Ulrich Felsberg, Road Movies | |
| Raj Malde | .... | post-production accountant (as Raju Malde) | |
| Daniel Manea | .... | runner: Germany | |
| Daniel Manea | .... | trainee: Germany | |
| Paul Mason | .... | floor runner | |
| Christian Meinecke | .... | runner: Germany | |
| Christian Meinecke | .... | trainee: Germany | |
| Karin C. Müller | .... | legal administrator: Road Movies (as Karin C. Mueller) | |
| Louise O'Malley | .... | production accountant | |
| Joel O'Sullivan | .... | stills assistant | |
| Volker Otte | .... | funding manager: Road Movies | |
| Volker Otte | .... | legal affairs: Road Movies | |
| Rainer Pyls | .... | accountant: Road Movies | |
| Bill Ridealgh | .... | nurse (as Bill 'The Pill' Ridealgh) | |
| Christopher Scharf | .... | floor runner: Germany | |
| Ute Schneider | .... | head of development: Road Movies | |
| Alison Skinner | .... | location assistant | |
| Eve Swannell | .... | production secretary | |
| Jesse Acton Thompson | .... | floor runner (as Jesse Acton-Thompson) | |
| Eva Tuecking | .... | extras wrangler: Germany | |
| Kai-Peter Uhlig | .... | legal services: Road Movies | |
| Sven Weingand | .... | runner: Germany | |
| Sven Weingand | .... | trainee: Germany | |
| Karin Werbeer | .... | location manager: Germany (as Karin Verbeek) | |
| Lucy Williams | .... | additional location manager | |
| Joshua Finn | .... | assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles (uncredited) | |
| Laurence Parker | .... | post-production accountant (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Thomas Augsberger | .... | additional thanks | |
| Mr. Bakshi | .... | additional thanks: Bakshi Catering Co. | |
| David Beckham | .... | special thanks | |
| Victoria Beckham | .... | special thanks | |
| Manjeet Bedi | .... | additional thanks | |
| Sudha Bhuchar | .... | special thanks | |
| Bajinder Bindra | .... | special thanks | |
| Mrs. Tarlochau Singh Bindra | .... | special thanks | |
| Mr. Tarlochau Singh Bindra | .... | special thanks | |
| Karsten Brünig | .... | additional thanks (as Karsten Bruenig) | |
| Ezme Bushell | .... | special thanks | |
| Ajay Chabra | .... | special thanks (as Ajay Chhabra) | |
| Balwant Kaur Chadha | .... | additional thanks (as Mrs. Balwant Kaur Chadha) | |
| Balwant Kaur Chadha | .... | special thanks (as Mrs. Balwant Kaur Chadha) | |
| Sardar Bhajan Singh Chadha | .... | dedicatee: dear dad (as Bhajan Singh Chadha) | |
| Sheran Chadha | .... | special thanks | |
| Satyendar Pal Chaudhry | .... | additional thanks | |
| Martino Chevannes | .... | additional thanks | |
| Mr. Kulwant Singh Chowdhary | .... | special thanks | |
| Mrs. Kulwant Singh Chowdhary | .... | special thanks | |
| Chris Craib | .... | additional thanks | |
| Amerjit Deu | .... | special thanks | |
| Pierre Du Plessis | .... | special thanks | |
| Matthias Emcke | .... | additional thanks | |
| Pat Farmer | .... | additional thanks | |
| Anthony Farthing | .... | additional thanks | |
| Mia Hamm | .... | special thanks | |
| Mandy Hayes | .... | additional thanks | |
| Vinnie Holden | .... | special thanks (as Vince Holden) | |
| Hamish Hunter | .... | additional thanks | |
| Piers Jackson | .... | additional thanks | |
| Mr. Ayub Kahn | .... | additional thanks: Oriental Star Agency | |
| Milica Kastner | .... | additional thanks | |
| Marisa Knightley | .... | additional thanks | |
| Tim Levy | .... | special thanks | |
| Harvir Mahajan | .... | special thanks | |
| Kaval Mahajan | .... | special thanks | |
| Mrs. Satpal Kaur Mahajan | .... | special thanks | |
| Tripat Mahajan | .... | special thanks | |
| Sirish Malde | .... | special thanks | |
| Tarlochan Singh Mangat | .... | special thanks | |
| Nick Manzi | .... | additional thanks | |
| Cameron McCracken | .... | special thanks | |
| Nathaniel McNeil | .... | additional thanks | |
| Mrs. Tajwant Singh Mohindru | .... | special thanks | |
| Mr. Tajwant Singh Mohindru | .... | special thanks | |
| Mary Nayar | .... | additional thanks | |
| Ryan Noto | .... | additional thanks | |
| Bharti Padharia | .... | additional thanks | |
| Sita Pall | .... | additional thanks | |
| Caroline Peacock | .... | additional thanks: Adidas UK | |
| Bill Perryman | .... | additional thanks: Yeading Football Club | |
| Simon Perry | .... | special thanks | |
| Nancy Ross | .... | additional thanks | |
| Parminder Sekhon | .... | special thanks | |
| Amerjit Sidhu | .... | additional thanks | |
| Chandru Vaswani | .... | additional thanks | |
| Kiran Vaswani | .... | additional thanks | |
| Kara Walters | .... | additional thanks | |
| Matthew Waters | .... | additional thanks | |
| Hugh Whittaker | .... | additional thanks | |
| Peter Wicks | .... | additional thanks | |
| John Woodward | .... | special thanks | |
| Kurt Woolner | .... | additional thanks | |
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This movie might best be characterized as a collection of formulas - underdog sports flick, culture clash flick, generational conflict flick, young-love-overcomes-obstacles flick. The setting of transplanted Indian-ness makes it feel like one of Mira Nair's films - `Monsoon Wedding' or `Mississippi Masala.' There's also quite a bit of youthful, flippant, foul-mouthed, blue-collar London impertinence going on - an episode of `Eastenders,' perhaps.
And yet to dismiss the movie with this quick sketch and a few references would do it a terrible injustice. OK, no, it is perhaps not `great.' It's a feelgood movie, and while it dips a bit into serious subject waters, it doesn't stay down too long. And, it really IS a collection of all these movie formulas - and, I submit, they do exactly what they're intended to do. It's ALMOST too much, but it's not. The formulas lead to their inevitable pay offs, of course, but they pay off in ways that are not quite expected. The final outcome is rarely in doubt, but throughout the twists and turns, the audience (at least the audience where I was watching), find themselves shamelessly twisting their hankies on the sidelines, crying just a little where they're supposed to cry, and cheering when they can't but cheer. There is a point at which you want to stand up and clap wildly - it's not at the end, so you can't, but the audience where I saw it sure wanted to. I think they felt a little cheated that they couldn't. The mood of the end is not one conducive to raising the rafters, but many clapped softly anyway. Granted the movie isn't timed quite right, but it really IS that good - it makes you want to show your gratefulness for the efforts of writer, director, and actors.
Any flaws of timing or plausibility I find I can easily forgive due to the overwhelming charm of the movie's star, Parminder K. Nagra. Her expressions, her boundless energy and defiance, her ability to convey the conflict her character feels between duty to family and wishing for something more - I was completely taken in, from start to finish. This actress is going places. She has the kind of playful wit and irreverence you see in the best early John Cusack, coupled with a depth to play convincing disappointment and struggle. If you love `Say Anything,' with the passion that most true devotees, including me, do - you will love this film. In fact, if `Say Anything' is your favorite film, drop whatever you're doing and RUN out to see this film, before it leaves theatres. Drive 100 miles if you have to. It has that same magic.
It doesn't hurt that Ms. Nagra possesses a true, deep, classic beauty and grace akin to that of, say, a Kelly or a Bergman. I mean, my fellow red-blooded males, this woman is flat-out, drop-dead stunning. She's equally fetching as a feisty tomboy jock (my personal preference) or as an elegant, traditionally clad Sikh woman. Go see it to watch her, even if the subject matter isn't your thing.
It is perhaps not a great movie, but it's one that will, due to its sheer quirkiness and great heart, likely find its way onto the `favorites' shelves of many, and not just young girls aspiring to make it big and become soccer stars. Evidently the movie is a huge hit in England and Germany, and Parminder is well on her way to becoming a superstar. Go out and see what all the fuss is about.
P.S. I must beg to differ with the reviewer who claims that women's soccer is not big in the U.S. Women's soccer is HUGE in the U.S. - there are perhaps ten times as many young women playing soccer in America as in the whole of Europe. The U.S. national team is THE powerhouse international women's team, and has been for almost a decade. Brandi Chastain's shirt-removing gesture in the 1999 Women's World Cup, which graced the cover of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated, has become iconic. Young women from around the world most certainly DO aspire to be on American college teams - North Carolina and Santa Clara, I believe, particularly. American Mia Hamm, far and away the greatest women's player of all time, dominates the sport like a Michael Jordan. I'm fairly sure the U.S. is the only country to have a professional women's soccer league (maybe Japan as well?). This film is fully aware of this. If girls' soccer coaches from age five on up don't make this film required viewing for their team, they should consider leaving coaching.