Fresh
League wants you to laugh more than anything else, and Hanks makes sure that you will.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
A League of Their Own
Once in a lifetime you get a chance to do something different.
1992 · 2h 8m · PG
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Penny Marshall
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A League of Their Own
Overview
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Though amusing enough to avoid absolutely drowning in schmaltz, it's sad to see a film with potential lose its way in the late innings.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
What does it say about today's Hollywood when the most interesting character in a movie about a women's baseball team turns out to be a man?
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Few of the other performers make an impression. A director who can lose Madonna in a crowd can't be said to appreciate charisma.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
This movie aims for the tear ducts and the funny bone as ruthlessly as the big action-fantasy hits go after the viscera.
Michael Sragow, New Yorker
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