Year: 1992
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell, David Strathairn
Plot outline: During World War II, major league baseball is suffering from lack of players and lack of attendance. The All American Girls Baseball League is formed to boost morale and ticket sales, and sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller join the Rockford Peaches to play ball.
Standouts: Tom Hanks is the big draw here, he’s very enjoyable as the drunken washed-up coach. There are a lot of quotable lines and big laughs. I’m not Geena Davis’s biggest fan and I think she’s miscast solely from a baseball standpoint — she’s far too tall to be a catcher, she looks like crap at the plate, she just plain doesn’t look like a ball player. She’s supposed to be the star of the team, and I just don’t buy it. Even Madonna looks a little better on the field. Davis does fine in all the non-baseball scenes, though.
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