Product: A League of Their Own (Widescreen Edition) [VHS] (1992)
Rating: 4.0
A view of the past
I saw this movie for the first time with my mother, who was a war bride of World War II, like many of the girls in this league. It is a chick flick that shows how women's roles were changing with the war and how hard the war was on the girls waiting at home. I love the "truth in story" part of all good literature and good film. This is definitely the latter, with good acting on all fronts, even Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna, whom I don't automatically think of as actors. They are, though, and very respectable ones too. Tom Hanks demonstrates his versatility yet again, portraying a crude, hard-drinking, tobacco-spitting coach on a downhill slide, "stuck," or so he sees it, with a league of women as punishment for his sins. It's the complete opposite of his role in PHILADELPHIA, but his portrayal is heart-warming and funny. Watch it and see your moms and your grandmoms, living through this time period. It's fun, interesting, and moving at the same time.