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| Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 1, 1992 |
Starring:
Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks
Summary:
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
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A League of Their Own may not boost its material into the level of pop myth as, say, last year's great female buddy movie, "Thelma & Louise," did. It's a bit too concerned with being likable to make that kind of bold leap. But if A League of Their Own doesn't knock the ball out of the park, it's a clean hit, with extra bases written all over it. [1 July 1992, p.41]
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.
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However flawed, this film proves two things: Davis is still peaking as a lead, and Hanks is in a league with funny male leads of any movie era. [1 July 1992, p.1D]
Is briefly entertaining but shows mainly that sports films featuring women are no better than those featuring men. Much of the problem belongs to director Penny Marshall, who reaches for the cliche, and for the easy way out, each time the movie seems to be about to make a serious statement about women or about baseball. [3 July 1992, p.3G]
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Nov 25, 2021
A cute movie by the Queen of Pop. You can just watch it over and over again.
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Aug 9, 2022
A League of Their Own is as cool as it gets. A heartfelt story in memory of a historic women's team and plenty of baseball montages.
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Jan 27, 2021
Tom Hanks is genious here and his performance is worth it to watch this movie. Madonna was also playing well with the cameras. In addition they created well the 1940s, so it is a little history lesson.
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Jan 29, 2021
A feel good entertaining film that doesn't really take on some of the more serious issues of this true story. And that's not necessary a bad thing.
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Nov 19, 2020
The story of how the first and only women's baseball league was created is not exactly one of the best of all time. What it has going for it is how it conveys empathy to the viewer, as in a live event. To see a weekend afternoon. Try to spot the singer Madonna.
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