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Parents need to know that A League of Their Own is a warmhearted tale of camaraderie based on the real-life 1940s All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks, it has strong messages of teamwork, compassion, and "girl power" and offers relatable female characters who throw fastballs right through the gender stereotypes of their day.
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- Bend It Like Beckham
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20 years later, and this film still hold up as one of the best baseball films of all time. As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female ...
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- Penny Marshall
- PG
- Tom Hanks
Aug 6, 2021 · Iconic scene time: One of the girls starts crying, and Tom utters the immortal line, “There’s no crying in baseball!”. Tom tells the umpire he “looks like a penis with that little hat on ...
- Emma Specter
Jul 1, 1992 · Marshall shows her women characters in a tug-of-war between new images and old values, and so her movie is about transition – about how it felt as a woman suddenly to have new roles and freedom. The movie has a real bittersweet charm. The baseball sequences, we’ve seen before. What’s fresh are the personalities of the players, the gradual ...
Jul 1, 1992 · A League of Their Own: Directed by Penny Marshall. With Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Penny Marshall
- 1992-07-01
Obviously a good movie, crowd-pleasing and incredibly thoughtful. ... A League of Their Own is a beloved comedy which not only celebrates women in baseball but continues to serve as an inspiration ...
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Dec 19, 2018 · A League of Their Own is a buddy movie for women. The ball players get in trouble together, hatch plots together, dance together, win together, cry together. They stand up for each other when men are being jerks. The film is also a romantic comedy, but the love affair is between women and their profession.
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