Inspired by the true story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, A League of Their Own isn’t just Marshall’s best film.
But A League of Their Own is a wonderful reminder that, when he wanted to, Hanks would do almost anything for a laugh.
A League of Their Own is, in a lot of ways, like baseball itself: it’s reliably old-fashioned, it’s exciting, it’s full of thrills, and it’s always charming.
Though the 1992 film A League of Their Own was the only sports-related credit to her name, it came at the tail end of a four-year period of massive success, following up on Big and the Oscar-nominated Awakenings.