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- 1992
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
- 1992
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
Summary Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
Directed By: Penny Marshall
Written By: Kim Wilson, Kelly Candaele, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
- 1992
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
- 1992
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
A League of Their Own
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Summary Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
Directed By: Penny Marshall
Written By: Kim Wilson, Kelly Candaele, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
69
67% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
69
67% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It’s a great piece of Hollywood confectionery, and you might well find yourself choking up a little at the end.
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]
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 84 User Ratings
7.9
87% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
7% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
6% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 84 User Ratings
7.9
87% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
7% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
6% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Feb 8, 2025
A classic, still, for sure. Everybody involved was giving their all and it holds a crazy over the top primal love of baseball.
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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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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]
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.
it feels as if it is going extra innings, due partly to a present day prologue and epilogue. But the banter stays lively, humor never slumps.
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]
By Joe Pollack
Penny Marshall’s gangly fourth film benefits from a fresh, unusual subject, the joy of baseball being played by women having the time of their lives and a wonderful central performance by Geena Davis. Downside includes contrived plotting, obvious comedy and heart-tugging, some hammy thesping and a general hokiness.
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Aug 12, 2021
A League Of Their Own is probably The Most Emotional And Heartwarming Sports Movie i've ever watch, though i kinda confused about the poster that it shows Davis, Hanks, and Madonna rather than Davis, Hanks, and Lori Petty, it doesn't mean that Madonna was bad in the film, she was incredible, but i think Lori Petty character is way bigger and important than Madonna, besides that, A League Of Their Own is not only an exciting baseball movie, it have a deeper story and a deeper meaning, this is a wonderful film, it's unexpectedly emotional, everybody was amazing, salute to all the real players and to this movie.
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Sep 13, 2024
Geena Davis helms a plucky, extroverted squad of girls embroiled in the inaugural season of a ladies' baseball league. A League of Their Own has heart and charm to spare, but often veers too close to super motivational, Lifetime Network feel-good material for my taste. The talent is there, with strong support from Tom Hanks, Jon Lovitz and Madonna, but their roles frequently edge near the cartoonish. Some are able to pull that off - Lovitz has been making bread with such exaggerated characters for years - but others, like Rosie O'Donnell's stereotypical feisty Jersey girl, aren't as adept. Puffy, padded, and egregiously predictable, its message about the irresistible force of gender equality in the midst of WWII is nice, but often feels secondary to the manufactured lite drama in the locker room.
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Mar 27, 2016
Awash in sentimentality and manic energy but only occasionally bubbling over with high humor, A League of Their Ownhits about .250 with a few RBI but more than its share of strikeouts. A comic look at the first season of the women’s baseball league in 1943 [based on a story by Kim Wilson and Kelly Candaele], Penny Marshall’s gangly fourth film benefits from a fresh, unusual subject, the joy of baseball being played by women having the time of their lives and a wonderful central performance by Geena Davis. Downside includes contrived plotting, obvious comedy and heart-tugging, some hammy thesping and a general hokiness. Once the teams are picked, most of the obvious plotting possiblities pop up: the attempts of the women to skirt the strict behavior code, the marriage and departure of one of them, the death of another’s husband at war, the gradual improvement of their play and resulting growth of popularity and respect, and the inevitable, cornball showdown between rival sisters. Adding a little testosterone to the recipe is Tom Hanks, a former big-league star who sees life from so deep in the bottle that he virtually sleeps through practice and the initial games. Of the large cast, Rosie O’Donnell stand out as the brash, smooth-fielding third basewoman, and Megan Cavanagh makes an impression as the dumpy slugger who finds unexpected romance on the road. A brunette Madonna plays a predictably sassy and irreverent type who shows her underwear whenever she can, and Lori Petty is irritatingly petulant as Davis’ cry-baby little sister. Despite the lavish budget, period feel isn’t fully realized, as locations are pretty much restricted to ballparks and boardinghouses. An extraordinary effect is created by the appearance of Davis’ character as an older woman at the beginning and end. Davis reportedly dubbed the line readings.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
American Comedy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 3 Nominations
