The Slugger's Wife (1985)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

i give a two because it is not as bad as 'sub down', or 'terror in tiny town', but gee whiz, it ain't good.i saw the names 'simon and ashby' and i paused it to run out for some popcorn and lights, certain i was in for a treat.i mean, ashby, who directed 'harold and maude'??? and what about simon, who wrote the incomparable 'Murder By Death'????? what a join-up, no???? but, nooooo, 'twas not to be.this is an embarrassing movie to watch. not only are the baseball scenes painful (i mean, c'mon, a 185 pound 62 run slugger???), but believe me-- i have been a pro musician since '75--- ms. demornay's 'singing and dancing' scenes really and truly amateurishly bad--- i'm saying that this is a really really bad production!!!!!!!! in the story, she is supposed to possess a spark, an ability to perform that should be fanned to flame. believe me, all of her songs are producer-driven crap, no spark of genius in nary a one.such a great collection of talent (did you know that mr. ritt directed both 'Hud', and 'Hombre'?) but this is a very badly put together piece of garbage.i'm not really criticizing-- after all, everybody can have a bad day. hey, beethoven wrote 'Wellington's Victory March', one of the worst pieces in the classical literature.but this is an example of ashby's/simon's worst day. it's really, really awful.

I've been trying to watch everything I can of Hal Ashby's, since I'm a big fan of Being There and Shampoo. My Tivo's been recording all of them, and for some reason, this film and The Last Detail are constantly being shown right now. I immediately watched The Last Detail, and loved it. I'd been putting off this one, because it just didn't sound appealing. Man, were my instincts right on this one. It doesn't even feel like an Ashby film. Everyone's been commenting on the poor baseball quality of the film, but it's equally appalling at the music end. Does anyone believe for a minute that Rebecca De Mornay and Loudon Wainwright III (yes, that's him) have a chance in hell at a record deal? Were record labels in the eighties desperately seeking bands that could do lame covers of both "Little Red Corvette" and "Love the One You're With"? I've had to watch this movie in chunks. I'm determined to finish it. I'm now on day three, maybe even four, of attempting to get through this. I'm in the last few minutes, Michael O'Keefe just hit the clichéd pivotal home run, and I couldn't care less. What went wrong here? I'm not a Neil Simon fan, but I'd think Ashby could have done something with this. Perhaps it's the impact of the eighties on a seventies auteur.

I'm so sick of people who expect every movie they see to change the world. Can't we just be entertained for a while without searching out the meaning of life or comparing everything a writer or director has served up in a career?The Slugger's Wife is fun...period. Take a baseball player and an aspiring singer, put them (and their emotional baggage) together and see if they can make it. You get light baseball action, some great music (especially from Lisa Langlois), and you get what would be a surprise ending from anyone but Neil Simon.Just see it...and save the philosophical crap for the re-release of E.T.: the Extraterrestrial. Pass the popcorn!

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.