A League of Their Own 1992 by AverageMansReviews

A League of Their Own 1992 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effect/old phrase for a German soldier/sexism/bodily functions/breaking

In the 1940's during the Second World War: briefly; the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was creating; we follow one team in particular Rockford Peaches; manager  Jimmy Dugan [Tom Hanks:] an ex-pro baseball player which is a drunk with a bad knee, luckily they have Dorothy "Dottie" "Queen of Diamonds" Hinson [Younger woman: Geena Davis/Older: Lynn Cartwright:] she is #8 the assistant manager/catcher, the down to earth one of the group, she has a younger sister; her name is Kit Keller [Younger woman: Lori Petty/Older: Kathleen Butler:] she is #23 pitcter, she wants to prove herself, "All the Way" Mae Mordabito [Younger woman: Madonna/Older: Eunice Anderson:] she is #5 centre field, streetwise and finally we have Doris Murphy [Younger women: Rosie O'Donnell/Older: Vera Johnson:] she is#22 third base and the wisecracking one.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 128 minutes film is good; as in it has an outlay of beginning in the 1980s [present times in this film] and goes back to the era of World War II and back again; it uses Hinson's memory recall to get back to the 1940s.

Performances, character developments, comedy, art and action; well I was thinking I would do things this way to point out that clear and obvious thing first; everything relies on these performances of this cast and its natural and free-flowing chemistry, we have a good variety of character types such as as I have already said the drunk or and just to record I am not one saying this even though it is in my content, we have maybe not the best looking woman and just to cover my back a little bit more; it is clearly indicated would one it is and because we have a good variety of characters, it opens the door to natural comedy; such as  Dugan going for a long and spending of a penny or/and later on him having a go at one of his players, with its not going that well with him saying there is no crying in baseball, but the next time he is much more restrained even though you find this incredibly difficult as you will see. Mordabito/Madonna perform this dancing sequence with different dancing partners; the natural quick fluency of this sequence as to be given high praise indeed and I just had to have a look the for saying this; it is just a shame it didn't get any recognition by receiving at the very least a nomination for an award, I was thinking that the MTV Movie + TV Awards 1993 would have picked up on it, but no nothing and I am not a fan of baseball, don't get me wrong I get it, I understand it, I am just not a fan; but these sequence of events are entertained.

 This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; after taking everything into consideration; this is a pleasant little film that anything less than this mark doesn't look or feel right and there extra sequences throughout the majority of the ending credits minus the very ending credits. This film also has some Awards accredited to its name; 6 that includes American Comedy Awards, USA 1993 American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Tom Hanks, ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1993 ASCAP Award Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Madonna Shep Pettibone For the song "This Used to be My Playground" and Hochi Film Awards 1992 Hochi Film Award Best Foreign Film Penny Marshall. 13 Nominees which includes American Comedy Awards, USA 1993 Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Rosie O'Donnell,  Golden Globes, USA 1993 Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Geena Davis and  Grammy Awards 1993 Grammy Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television