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Peggy Sue Got Married

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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:21

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola's seriocomic drama is the charming tale of middle-aged Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner). As an unhappy mother of two, considering divorce from her weasel of a husband, it... Francis Ford Coppola's seriocomic drama is the charming tale of middle-aged Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner). As an unhappy mother of two, considering divorce from her weasel of a husband, it doesn't seem like a great time to have to attend her 25-year high school reunion and contemplate all those youthful dreams that didn't come true. But at the party Peggy Sue faints...and wakes up to find herself 18 again and back in high school in 1960, where she gets the chance to "do it all over again." Peggy Sue reveals to her shocked brainy schoolmate Richard Norvik (Barry Miller) some of his future "high-tech" inventions and has a fling with a dreamy Beat poet (Michael Fitzsimmons). Now realizing she has the ability to rearrange her future, she must decide if her true happiness lies with future husband Charlie (Nicolas Cage), a Fabian wannabe. Helen Hunt is Peggy's supportive daughter and Maureen O'Sullivan appears in a small role as the grandmother Peggy gets to revisit. Turner was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her funny, believable role as a woman sent back in time to high school. [More]

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Maureen McVerry, Helen Hunt, Maureen O'Sullivan, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Barbara Harris, Don Murray, Leon Ames, Sofia Coppola, Jim Carrey, Lisa Jane Persky, Lucinda Jenney, Wil Shriner

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Paul R. Gurian
Screenwriter: Jerry Leichting, Arlene Sarner
Composer: John Barry

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This prom-night balloon of a movie floats easily above the year's other exercises in '50s nostalgia. If you dare reach for it, it will land smartly in your heart.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
12/14/08
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine

A charming little comedy grounded in an irresistable performance from Kathleen Turner.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
12/14/08
Channel 4 Film

It's grave, lumbering, arrhythmic, and bloated, an emotional hogwallow of catchpenny insights and easy sentimentality.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/11/07
Pat Graham
Pat Graham
Chicago Reader

The movie has many lovely moments and just as many dead spots, but its strengths make this atypical film from Francis Coppola a worthwhile viewing experience.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/11/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

What makes this treatment unique is that the jokes aren't so much derivative of pop culture, but are instead found in the learned wisdom of a middle-aged woman reacting to her own teenage dilemmas.

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12/11/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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Centering on a female protag (well-played by Kathleen Turner) and dealing with a similar universal fantasy of revisiting your past, Coppola's small-town fable is a wonderful companion piece to Back to the Future, which was released a year earlier.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
04/04/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Coppola displays a rare light and comedic touch in this charmer.

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07/06/06
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Ignore the ridiculous happy ending of this film, and you have a much more fatalistic exercise in which Coppola eschews easy laughs in favour of the exposure of feeling and the fact that these people's lives, however empty, matter to them.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

Nicolas Cage lets the comedy rip. "You mean my wang?"

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12/05/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

One of the best romantic comedies of the 80's...."Back to the Future" meets "Somewhere in Time"

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06/11/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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01/27/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A very entertaining and involving movie boasting a cornucopia of delightful comic moments and scenes which go straight for the heart.

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08/18/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

No review available.

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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

Twisted, touching and a great vehicle for Turner

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07/10/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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07/08/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Miss Turner's self-assured comic timing goes a long way toward salvaging the film, providing both moral and physical dimension to a role that scarcely exists.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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A glimpse of James Carrey

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02/19/03
Kevin Fiddler
Kevin Fiddler
Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

One of Coppola's least overbearing films, but not overwhelmingly good.

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02/02/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Peggy Sue Got maried isn't a perfect film, but it sure makes you feel good.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

No review available.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
 
 
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