She would never go down that road if he was home, and she makes it very clear from the start that she’ll go back to him as soon as he comes home. Sometimes Kit comes off as a little annoying, but Petty shows so much vulnerability to her character she always brings us back to her corner.ĭottie only goes to the league because her husband in fighting the war. Kit’s angst and conflicting nature is totally relatable to us, we understand exactly how she feels, especially because Petty does a fantastic job in turning Kit into a complex human being.
Standing in her shadow is no easy feat and it would be hard to anyone to try and match that.
And now she is the perfect baseball player. She was always the example, the perfect daughter, the perfect woman. Dottie is the star, not only in the league but also back home. With A League of Their Own, you have a great love-hate relationship between two sisters. In a way, A League of Their Own is very lighthearted and joyful, and because of that we might not realize how it so exquisitely it brings more serious material to the story. It’s interesting to analyze how the script has so many little details, so many insights that only enhance our experience. That happens because the script brings a lot to the table as the entire team managed to successfully translate the words on screen. This new league would prove unpopular at first but in time its popularity grew thus driving Dottie and Kit further apart. Their team is trained by Jimmy (Hanks) a former player who drinks more than he should and hates coaching a female team. They go to Chicago and Dottie becomes the star of the league, making Kit jealous and more insecure about her own abilities. It’s impossible not to shed some tears by the end of the run.Ī League of Their Own follows Dottie (Davis) and Kit (Petty), two sisters from Oregon who are invited to participate in the first women baseball league in the 1940’s, temporarily replacing the men who were fighting World War II. She puts together a film that is exciting as any sports movie should be, but with plenty of humor and a heart. Terminator 2, a much bigger, more expensive and ambitious film made $204 million one year prior. Marshall manages to create a perfect “little”film, one that ended up making $107 million at the US box office, a magnificent feat in 1992. A League of Their Own is one of the best sports movies ever made.
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