Now That ‘Bend It Like Beckham' Is Apparently Getting a Sequel, Here Are 5 Other Aughts Women's Sports Movies I Want More Of
Yes, I'm extremely excited to catch up with Jules and Jess (and, to a lesser degree, Joe the soccer coach, of 'Jess, I'm Irish' fame, whom I always saw as getting in the way of Jules and Jess's totally real and not at all imaginary romantic arc), but it's not just director Gurinder Chadha's voice that I'm hungry for more of. I miss all of my early aughts sports-obsessed film besties, and now I don't think it's too crazy to wish for each and every one of them to be revived. Below, a roundup of five cult female-athletics films from the 2000s that I need to see brought back to life.
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