Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Megan Cavanaugh

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.

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83% liked it

41 critics

PG, 2 hrs. 8 min.

Directed by: Penny Marshall

Release Date: January 1, 1992

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DVD Release Date: September 9, 1997

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  • September 25, 2009
    Sentimental rubbish but altogether not too bad! Geena Davis in Baseball get up is quite easy on the eye ;o)
  • May 7, 2009
    despite the fact madonna was in it and geena davis was equally awful... along with all the american made moral fibre to be rubbed in your face as well as tom hanks... (the list goes on) it still did manage to break through my crap radar into mediocrity rather than just plain old ...( read more)trash in my opinion. the only person to actually act was lori petty as kit keller. overall it was partially charming but it still feels like a couple of hours of my life i can't get back!
  • September 7, 2008
    What ever happened to Lori Petty?
  • July 2, 2008
    "We're one for all, we're all for one, we're all American." "There's no crying in Baseball." This movie is great.
  • February 13, 2008
    During the Second World War many of America's male baseball stars were drafted into the forces, and it appeared that the nation might be deprived of its favourite sport. An entrepreneur therefore had the idea of creating an all-female baseball league. 'A League of their Own' tell...( read more)s the story of some of the women who played in that league. At the centre of the drama is the rivalry between two sisters, Dottie and Kit, who sign for the same team, the Rockford Peaches. The sisters have contrasting characters. Dottie is the more talented player, but Kit is more aggressive and determined to succeed. Kit's aggression and the sibling rivalry between her and Dottie lead to dissension in the team's dressing room, and Kit is traded to a rival team, the Racine Belles. The climax of the film comes when Rockford and Racine meet in the finals of the league championship, with Kit and Dottie on opposite teams. Geena Davis absolutely looks the part with her cool confidence and stately figure while Lori Petty is scrappy and believable as the little sister whose puck. But the guy who really holds the whole thing together is Tom Hanks as one-time home run king Jimmy Dugan, who is now the Rockford Peaches' alcoholic manager. His transformation from a crude, uncaring drunk to the team's hard-nosed but soft-hearted leader is very well and believably done. There is of course a somewhat self-conscious retrospective look at the sorry political and social state of women sixty years ago, but Marshall does not wallow in the politics. Instead she emphasizes a fun-to-watch tale with real human characters. The unpredictable, but believable ending was very agreeable.
  • November 8, 2009
    Great film about a forgotten part of American baseball history.
  • October 27, 2009
    gREAT MOVIE. Loved the line"There's no crying in baseball."
  • October 22, 2009
    Tom Hanks och Geena Davis, det kan ju bara inte bli fel! En riktigt mysig film!
  • October 22, 2009
    one of my all-time favorite films. great cast, great story and so many great lines:
    haven't you ever heard of a leash?!? * what if at a key moment in the game, my uniform bursts open and oops... my bosoms come flying out? * there's no crying in baseball! I co...( read more)uld quote it all day long. love it! ♥

    ** review to be continued **
  • October 21, 2009
    The older sibiling truly understands the younger one.

Critic Reviews


May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

At her best, Marshall captures the camaraderie of these women in ways that rip the film out of its cliched roots. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie has a real bittersweet charm. full review

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  • michellefortuin
    October 4, 2009
    One of my all time favorites! Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Tom Hanks are all three extremely good in A League Of Their Own.
    The story is so beautiful, there were really a few parts where I had tears in my eyes.
    It's a story about baseball, keeping up the faith, but above all about friendship.
    A MUST SEE!
  • BoSoxKid14
    January 9, 2009
    ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!! Love Tom, Geena, Madonna, Rosie, Lori and all the girls!! Watched a zillion times...
  • mjgraham2012
    April 16, 2007
    I KNOW EVERY WORD AND EVERY SONG AND EVERY MOVEMENT

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