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With: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, Rosie O'Donnell, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Anne Ramsay, Megan Cavanagh, Tracy Reiner, Bitty Schram, Renée Coleman, Ann Cusack, Téa Leoni
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Written by: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, based on a story by Kelly Candaele, Kim Wilson
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Directed by: Penny Marshall
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MPAA Rating: PG for language
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Running Time: 128
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Date: 07/01/1992
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A League of Their Own (1992)
Crying Fouls
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own tells a perky fictional version of a true story: the women's baseball leagues briefly established during WWII to keep folks at home entertained while many of the top male ballplayers were fighting overseas. Geena Davis plays Dottie Hinson, a talented hitter and catcher. She loves her younger sister, Kit (Lori Petty), who is jealous of Dottie and isn't quite as pretty or as talented. Tom Hanks is hilarious in the crusty, burned-out manager role, an injured former pro. Not even the obnoxious pair of Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell can ruin the bright, chirpy fun. A modern-day prologue and epilogue with the old gals reuniting adds an air of seriousness that takes it down a notch, but also garnered the film some extra critical praise.
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