A League of Their Own (1992)

For Years, I watched a lot of movies that's dramatic, action-packed, or funny but I do watch a few chick movies. One of those movies is 1992's A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. Based on a true story and set during the Second World War, It’s the story about the first All American Girls Baseball League while the greatest male Baseball players of that time go off to war. I've been watching this movie since I was four years old. As years went by, I would have no idea that Director Penny Marshall picked an incredible group of actors and actresses, who I would later see in other movies: Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise), Rosie O’ Donnell (Sleepless in Seattle), Lori Petty (Free Willy), Jon Lovitz (City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold), David Strathairn (L.A. Confidential), Bill Pullman (Independence Day), Téa Leoni (in her first movie role), Megan Cavanagh (Robin Hood: Men in Tights), Penny Marshall’s daughter Tracy Reiner, Wayne Gretzky’s wife Janet Jones, and Pop Music Icon Madonna. It’s nice that Garry Marshall appeared in this movie as Harvey Candy Bar owner and A.A.G.P.B.L. Founder Walter Harvey. After all, he’s Penny’s brother. And as for Tom Hanks, his performance as the loud mouth alcoholic coach and former baseball great Jimmy Dugan was the best and I think, one of his greatest performances. It’s weird for me to see Madonna in this movie as she plays man-loving center fielder ”All the Way” Mae Mordabito, but I thought she was great. The best scene is when Tom Hanks does the famous “There’s No Crying in Baseball” sequence. I love the song that Madonna sings at the end of the movie “This Used to Be My Playground”. Filled with Comedy, Drama, and of course Baseball, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen and I would definitely recommend this movie for everyone to see.