Genre: Romantic Comedy Sports Film
Duration: 112 minutes
Jess and Jules come from very different backgrounds but both have a love for football. When the finals of their match falls on the same day as Jess’s sister’s wedding what will the girls do?
Jess is from a Punjabi background and her parents do not think she should play football. She sneaks out to play with her friends in the park and one day Jules notices her playing and says she should join the local girls team headed by coach Joe. Jess tries out for the team and is accepted. She starts playing for the team and she and Jules together are doing really well until her father finds out and tells her she is not allowed to play anymore.
Jess then carries on sneaking out to play with the team and even manages to go away for a trip abroad with the team. Jules catch’s Jess kissing Joe who Jules also had a crush on and so the two girls argue and stop talking. At the same time Jess’s father finds out that she lied to go away with the team and he bans her from playing. Jess throws herself into helping her sister plan her big day. As the big day approaches Jess finds out that there is a scout coming to the final but it is on the day of her sister’s wedding.
Jess’s father finds out about the match at the wedding and not wanting to see his daughter unhappy he agrees to let her go to the second half of the match. Once Jess arrives the team are not in the best position but in the end they win thanks to her free kick. The scout that was at the match offers a scholarship to Jess and Jules to attend a university in California.
Jess’s best friend Tony pretends he wants to marry Jess and says that his only stipulation is she is allowed to study wherever she wants. Not wanting to lie to her parents any longer Jess tells them the truth and they allow her to study abroad.
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