TrueJoshNight
Truly Dreadful Film
ChicRawIdol
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
bkoganbing
I would have thought with the creative talents of Neil Simon writing the script and Hal Ashby behind the camera The Slugger's Wife would have turned out a
lot better. As a baseball film this one is maybe a single.Playing the title role Rebecca DeMornay is an aspiring country singer for whom
baseball player Michael O'Keefe falls big time. O'Keefe is a guy full of promise
who never quite reached his potential. But when she's around O'Keefe starts
hitting home runs with regularity, so much so that the Atlanta Braves vault into
contention for the pennant and O'Keefe starts to threaten the record of 61 set
by Roger Maris in 1961.Soon O'Keefe insists he be at every game as his good luck charm. But DeMornay also has a career she's worked hard at.This film might have been better but Michael O'Keefe acts like such an egotistical jerk it's hard to work up any sympathy for his problem. Is it his
acting, Ashby's direction, or Simon's script. Take your pick.Best acting in the film is from acclaimed director Martin Ritt who plays the
Atlanta Braves manager. He has some interesting motivational techniques.The Slugger's Wife will never be listed as a great baseball film.
Bob Peterson
I thought this was going to a different movie. When I saw it, I thought it was going to be about baseball. Well, "technically" it was about baseball. A guy walks into a night club with some of his baseball buddies and ends up falling for the singer that was on stage. She doesn't seem interested in him until he offers a wager that they go out together. They hit off for a little while then they get married. The two come from different backgrounds so they really can't understand each other. He wants to play baseball and she wants to sing and perform. They really can meet together at a common ground but where is that fine line?
JR541
By the 1980's there were few good and even fewer great Baseball movies.Then films like The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and Eight men out came along. There was even a good HBO baseball film called "Long Gone." In the middle of these came "The Slugger's wife" and I sure wish it hadn't. This is a terrible movie. Bad story, bad acting and unrealistic baseball scenes. You should watch the other films I mentioned instead.
nymqueen
this movie lacked a strong storyline and good acting. The movie was terrible alone but the ending was pathetic. They hired an airhead for the female leading role. I am a huge fan of baseball movies but this one just left a bad taste in my mouth. I would not recommend this flop.
