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During World War II, sisters Dottie and Kit join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry. (PG, 128 min.)
7:00 PM
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Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna star in this major-league comedy from the team that brought you Big. Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943, while the male pros are at war, Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene-stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis), the baseball dolly with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail, on the fields and off, for generations of athletes.
Starring: Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Madonna, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman
Director: Penny Marshall
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Family
"A warmhearted comedy and a classic baseball movie."
— Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
"Under Penny Marshall's spirited, warm direction, the players shine."
— Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
"One of [1991's] most cheerful, most relaxed, most easily enjoyable comedies."
— Vincent Canby, New York Times
"A League of Their Own is as exhilarating as a double- header at Chicago's Wrigley Field."
— Jackie Potts, Miami Herald
"It’s a great piece of Hollywood confectionery, and you might well find yourself choking up a little at the end."
— Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
"A League of Their Own is a grand-slam comic drama. Superbly written, acted and directed. [1 July 1992, p.1D]"
— Hal Lipper, Tampa Bay Times
"Hardly a perfect film, League nonetheless represents a breakthrough in women's sports movies: It's a celebration of sport for sport's sake."
— Jill Rachlin, Entertainment Weekly
"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."
— Kathleen Maher, Austin Chronicle
"Graced by Davis and enlivened by Lovitz and the ensemble cast, it sends us home feeling a little higher, with visions of peanuts and Cracker Jack floating in our heads."
— Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"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."
— Angie Errigo, Empire
"Marshall treats everything, from the feminist themes to a soundtrack that features period chestnuts redone by contemporary singers, with a unique mix of the furiousand the subdued - a broad knee-slapper one moment, a delicate caress the next. No wonder we root for it. With the count full and our hopes wavering, A League Of Their Own smacks a stand-up triple and dares us not to cheer. Go ahead - give in and be a fan."
— RIck Groen, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
