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Peggy Sue Got Married

Play trailer Poster for Peggy Sue Got Married PG-13 Released Oct 10, 1986 1h 42m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) attends her 25-year high school reunion after separating from her cheating husband, Charlie (Nicolas Cage). She regrets the decisions she has made in her life, such as getting pregnant by Charlie in high school. When she faints at the reunion, she awakens in 1960. Given the chance to relive her life, she changes many things. However, some choices are more complicated, as she begins to see young Charlie's charm and true feelings.
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Peggy Sue Got Married may seem just another in a line of '80s boomer nostalgia films, but none of the others have Kathleen Turner keen lead performance.

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Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader What if Jesus had thwarted crucifixion? What if Peggy Sue could go back in time and not marry her adulterous husband? The same predicament, really. Dec 27, 2022 Full Review Richard Corliss TIME Magazine 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. Dec 14, 2008 Full Review Pat Graham Chicago Reader It's grave, lumbering, arrhythmic, and bloated, an emotional hogwallow of catchpenny insights and easy sentimentality. Dec 11, 2007 Full Review Dan Webster Spokesman-Review (Washington) A Back to the Future for adults, this excellent film marks an acting threshold for Turner and a return to form for Coppola. Rated: 4/4 Jul 27, 2024 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm What lingers are the quieter, actorly moments... Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 19, 2022 Full Review Tim Stevens The Spool In arguably the most humanistic work of his career, Coppola forgoes the epic in favor of the personal. Apr 23, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Susan R It isn’t very funny is the main problem; little good dialogue, not very interesting characters or lively scenes. Turner was in semi-agony most of the time; fainted with the horror of being queen of the reunion. Oh please. Cage was one-note stupid; sounded like his tongue got in the way of the words he was trying to push out. He was touching now and again. The concept sounded good, if familiar, but it never got fleshed out properly. - Pace is - well - leisurely. Her grandad and his club were cool, when we saw them briefly at the end. It seems Coppola doesn’t do comedy well. Peggy Sue Got Married is a pastel, which is not his metier. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Rosana B Que filme delicinha, momento nostálgico do que nunca vivi, kkkk, nem nunca tinha assistido, mas adoravelmente romântico, leve e divertido… Bom ver ícones dos anos 80 com seus belos e jovens rostinhos, travestidos nos anos 60, deliciosamente saudosista… Passei o filme inteiro tentando adiar o personagem do meu ídolo incompreendido Nicolas Cage, mas ele conseguiu ser muito fofo… O Amor pode ser para Sempre, mas também pode ser eterno enquanto dure… Lindinho... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Arrigo M i'd pick a different actress for the lead but the movie is great. it is indeed verisimilitudinous, it felt honest all throughout. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Chris M An opportunistic Peggy finds herself back in time where she clashes with her own selfish (and horny) persona and rewrites history when she coerces 3 High School virgins with the power of her beaver. -LADIES, this one's for you; enjoy the fantasy. -GUYS, skip this one unless you want to see an emasculated Nick Cage. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/24 Full Review Mateusz C Warm but bit pointless dull story, it feels like it could have much more in it, its not like its not any fun, but could be way better Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/27/23 Full Review Taylor L Nic Cage talks through his nose the entire movie, then he ups his game by SINGING in the same voice as part of a doo-wop a cappella group with Jim Carrey, of all people. Apparently his insistance on doing this weird voice was a major problem on the set. Peggy Sue Got Married could have been a simple bit of nostalgia bait, giving middle-aged former kids in the 1980s a bit of a trip down memory lane with conversations in the bathroom and cruising down Main Street. While there are plenty of moments where Kathleen Turner revels in her unusual circumstances by giving advice about new inventions or reconnecting with lost family, there's plenty more for her to explore - missed connections, regrets, new opportunities, all the things that have gradually built up in her own mind over the years and twisted by nostalgia, but that she now sees with fresh eyes. Some golden opportunities may not have been so golden, and it turns out there are some things that we might take for granted. There's a surprising and utterly charming moment where she confides in her late grandfather that she's become a time traveler, and he not only instantly believes her but rallies his buddies to help her out, it's very cute. No idea what Cage was doing because he's still patently insane, but there's thankfully a bit more to this Francis Ford Coppola flick than some well-placed investment advice. Glad Sofia Coppola turned out to be an interesting and accomplished filmmaker, because she doesn't really up her acting game here. (3/5) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) attends her 25-year high school reunion after separating from her cheating husband, Charlie (Nicolas Cage). She regrets the decisions she has made in her life, such as getting pregnant by Charlie in high school. When she faints at the reunion, she awakens in 1960. Given the chance to relive her life, she changes many things. However, some choices are more complicated, as she begins to see young Charlie's charm and true feelings.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Paul R. Gurian
Screenwriter
Jerry Leichtling, Arlene Sarner
Distributor
TriStar Pictures, Columbia Tristar
Production Co
TriStar Pictures, Zoetrope Studios
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 10, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$37.7M
Runtime
1h 42m
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