A League of Their Own

A great film about how women first played in the baseball league.

This is a pretty good film with some memorable moments like a famous quote said by Tom Hanks. This is the story of two sisters that join a baseball team. Great performances by the cast and the ending was sweet. Recommend seeing the film.

Great Baseball Movie like Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, The Natural, and The Babe

Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed up ballplayer who's 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. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true storu of the pioneering women who blazed the trail -- on the fields and off -- for generations of athletes, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN is "a home run!" Great for the whole family for seeing a baseball movie

My MOM played professional baseball - it's true!

This movie is EXCELLENT I love it! Penny Marshall did a great job of telling the story - based on truth - of the women's baseball league that most people had never heard about. My mom was one of the first 4 women to sign up for the league (there is a photo of them in the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York). When I was a little girl in Maryland I told kids my mom played baseball professionally & they didn't believe me. In 1991 When Mom & I heard Madonna was signed up to act in it we were worried but Madonna's part turned out to be perfect. I remember Mom hearing Penny Marshall saying that lots of the acting was ad-lib but she wanted to keep the PG rating & Madonna doesn't get PG ratings by ad-libbing so a lot of Madonna's ad-libbing ended up being cut. During the filming, my mom went up to bat and the outfielders knew she was one of the first players so they all moved in as if she wouldn't hit very far. She was 69 years old at the time. When she slammed the first pitch the outfielders all moved back out. When she really slammed the next pitch the ball hit the movie cameras and Penny Marshall said, "Claire, don't break the equipment!" I was an extra in the film for 3 days but even if you know where to watch for me and you blink, sneeze or leave before every single credit rolls up at the end, you'll miss me. Bringing all those former players together for the film was tremendous service to those women and I am proud of & grateful to Penny Marshall for creating this movie.

girls playing baseball ? No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was one of my favorite baseball movies of all time along with Rookie of the Year , The Sandlot , Bad News Bears and now A League of their Own. I've been waiting a long time to own it. I first saw it on the hbo channel back in the summer of 2000 and six years later I recently bought the dvd. It was the !st edition witch simply missing alot of things.

a mega home run hit for your whole family

I first saw this movie when I was in like 5th grade. I was able to enjoy it at that very day and age for me it was a really big treat.

Power to the Women!

This movie rocked & I loved the fact that it clicked in to a whole new change where women were seen as just house wives until a bunch of men decided to cash in on female baseball players and it turns out rather then kicking them all out after the men come back home they chose to let them stay and creat the world's first female baseball league! This proves that every1's equal! Loved it!

This Is the Best Movie!!!

A League of their own was the best movie i have ever seen. It was so touching,and inspiring. I felt so sad at the end when one of their players of Peaches died. It was funny too.

Wonderful!

I saw this movie when it came out and I just loved it. Everyone in it was just wonderful. And Penny Marshall couldn't have given Madonna a better role to play. It suits her perfectly! Years after I saw this movie, I did a research paper for school about women's baseball and I was amazed at how accurate this movie really is.

A Heart Felt story that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

When I first heard of this movie I thought it would not be worth my time(maybe as you are thinking now) After my sister made me watch it I found myself laughing time and time again. It is an amazing film and I know you will enjoy it too. Plus you can watch it with your family, they will love it too. Two Thumbs way up!

I Luv This Movie

I love to play softball. This movie is the history of softball. It is so cool how they recuited girls to play. I believe that it always helps to know about softball because most people think that girls cannt do anything. Well I hate those people girls were playing softball great. I dont know how I would live wothout this book. It's history and intersting.

Baseball: From a different point of view

This movie rates in my heart as one of the most entertaining films to come along in the last 20 years. Take a ''dream team'' cast of Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Lovitz, and music superstar Madonna, a brilliant script, solid cinematography, and Voila! You get ''League Of Their Own.'' This is a movie that the whole family can enjoy, even people who maybe arent big baseball buffs, or big Maddona fans for that matter. I do have to say that Madonna is terrific in this movie, I think her performance is just as solid as Hanks and Davis. My ONLY gripe with this movie is actually with the motion picture soundtrack. One of the best songs in the film was Madonna's ''This Used to be my Playground,'' which was played during the closing credits, yet it did not appear on the soundtrack. This is probably due to label lawyers who are experts at taking the fun out of everything. But as far as the movie itself goes, it is simply brilliant.

Great Movie!

This movie hits every emotional level. It's an amazing movie based on a true story about the Girls Baseball League and the trying times of World War II. This movie is absolutely wonderful and one of my all-time favorites...I highly recommend it.

Good, but sexist

It's funny that this movie is sexist, because the whole point of it is that women got to do a really big thing. But, aside from the ball players in the movie, all the women are portrayed as mockable characters. It's very annoying. But, the plot is entertaining, and the ballplayers are great characters. I especially liked Mae (Madonna's character--she's hilarious!) and Kit. As far as I know, this is an accurate account of what happened when the men were off at WWII and people formed all-women baseball teams--but the women were required to be ''ladies,'' too, which meant playing in short skirts, taking etiquitte classes, and wearing make up. I liked this movie. It's funny and the ballplayers are entertaining. Even for people who don't have a clue about the rules of the game (like me), it's enjoyable. Watch it; but for all you feminists--beware that it's not an entirely feminist movie.

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