Storyline
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) on their way to fame. Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell co-star as two of the sisters' teammates.
Directors
Cast
Téa Leoni, Tom Hanks, Rae Allen, David Strathairn, Gregory Sporleder, Tracy Reiner, Bill Pullman, Garry Marshall, Madonna, Jon Lovitz, Megan Cavanagh, David L. Lander, Joey Slotnick, Ann Cusack, Rosie O'Donnell, Janet Jones, Lori Petty, Geena Davis, Don S. Davis, Eddie Mekka, Mark Holton, Anne Ramsay, Bitty Schram, Renée Coleman, Eddie Jones, Freddie Simpson, Robin Knight, Patti Pelton, Kelli Simpkins, Neezer Tarleton
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Reviews
80
Empire
It's a mostly winning combination of sassy humour and sentiment, enlivened by some fun "newsreel" recreations that catch the period flavour of a sport adopting showbiz tactics - flirty-skirted uniforms, cheesecake stunts and skin-scraping do-or-die game plays - to attract the crowds.
80
Though big of budget, A League of Their Own is one of the year's most cheerful, most relaxed, most easily enjoyable comedies. It's a serious film that's lighter than air, a very funny movie that manages to score a few points for feminism in passing.
78
The story of the short-lived women's baseball league gives Marshall the opportunity to examine the roots of modern feminism and have a darn fine time doing it.
75
The movie has a real bittersweet charm. The baseball sequences, we've seen before. What's fresh are the personalities of the players, the gradual unfolding of their coach and the way this early chapter of women's liberation fit into the hidebound traditions of professional baseball.
75
It's not a deep-thinking film, and I wish it probed more thoroughly into the feminist issues it raises, instead of finessing them in a goopy finale. But much of it is first-class summertime fare, generating plenty of humor while examining a slice of Americ ana that's as revealing as it is entertaining.
