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| Peggy Sue Got Married | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $2.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 3751
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video Download
Running Time: 104 minutes
ASIN: B0017I3U74
Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1986
Release Date: August 21, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 "I Have Too Many Unresolved Relationships" January 21, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) is facing the prospect of her 25th high school reunion. Making it even worse, she and her husband, high school sweetheart Charlie Bodell (Nicolas Cage) are in the middle of a divorce because Peggy Sue has finally gotten tired of his affairs. And so she shows up with her daughter Beth (Helen Hunt).
Things are actually going well until Charlie shows up. Then Peggy Sue wins homecoming queen. It's all too much for her, and she faints.
When she comes too, Peggy Sue finds herself back in 1960. She's eighteen again and reliving the last few months of high school. Between panic attacks about what this could mean, she tries to grasp her second chance at her life. Can she avoid the last 25 years of pain? Does she really want to?
The movie walks a fine line between comedy and drama and never quite seems to strike the right balance. There are some very funny bits, but those just make the drama seem more over the top and over wrought. And the comedy is stuff we've seen done elsewhere better many other times.
The cast features a number of early performances from actors better known today. Besides the ones already mentioned, we see Jim Carrey and Joan Allen, for example. Most of the cast is fine. My biggest problem was with Nicolas Cage. For some reason, he gives Charlie a weird nasally voice. Frankly, it makes me wonder what Peggy Sue ever saw in him. On the plus side, he gets to show off his excellent singing voice.
Finally, there's the story. It works. But it is left too open ended. That's probably caused by an ending that is way too abrupt to deal with everything brought up. It asks all kinds of questions, but the answers are thrown at us so fast it doesn't really explain how the characters arrived at them. As a result, the ending goes from being open ended to unsatisfactory.
The movie isn't bad, but it's really not good either. It's certainly fun watching if you are a fan of the current work of this young cast. But if you haven't seen it, you haven't really missed much, either.
Perfect for an afternoon alone January 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I saw this trailer advertised on the Tootsie DVD, so just had to see it, as it reminded me a lot of some aspects of Back To The Future. I barely recognised Kathleen Turner, she's changed a lot in 20 years - but then again, I only really know her as Jessica Rabbit's voice, and Chandler's dad in Friends. (A woman playing a man dressed as a woman!)
There's a few hilarious characters in this, listen to Nicolas Cage's voice - what a horrible voice it is, but apparently he based it on something else. But it's still horrible to listen to. (The hair's dodgy too!) Helen Hunt appears in a tiny role, playing Peggy Sue's daughter, although she's only 9 years younger than Kathleen Turner! Also look out for an incredibly young Jim Carrey, stealing every scene with his face pulling!
The story is all about a girl called Peggy Sue, is going through a divorce from her childhood sweetheart, and nervous about going to her high school reunion. When she gets to her high school reunion, with her daughter as her 'date' she gets made the Queen, and faints. When she comes to, she's gone back in time by twenty five years. Back to her high school sweetheart, with even dodgier hair (!), and all her old friends. The film gets pretty basic from here on in, it's quite predictable what happens to her.
Apart from that, it's a little gem of a film. More could have been done with it, but it's an hour and a half, and it's the perfect way to spend an afternoon. It's enjoyable, no thinking is required, and Jim Carrey is hilarious!!! Pick this up for cheap, and enjoy it. But you could also watch Back To The Future, which is better still!
 An instant classic! November 10, 2007
Peggy Sue Got Married starring Kathleen Turner is a film I absolutely loved as a young girl. Turner is flawless and so vulnerable as the title character, no one else could have pulled off such a real and touching performance. Nicholas Cage is superb as well, his voice is so funny in this one, you have to hear to believe it. This sweet romantic drama was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and look for his real-life daughter Sofia Coppola as Turner's younger sister. This film is a must-have, you will enjoy it.
 A must see movie......why....caused its good ! June 6, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
They dont make movies like this anymore, movies that entertain, makes you
laugh, great characters, and like any good movies, it becomes a multiple
viewing feature. I view this film at least once a year, and its always
enjoyable.
Nicholas Cage portrays a 50's type teenager and has this squeeky voice, and Kathleen Turner does a great job as the actress that is sent to the past to review events related to her life.
I wont tell you any details, but i do recomment this movie a lot.
 How odd ... May 17, 2007
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
This was a truly strange movie, from multiple perspectives. Firstly that Francis Ford Coppola would choose something like a pseudo romantic comedy to add to his resume. Secondly that Nicholas Cage would star as the male lead, when he was known before as being the dingbat bumbling fool and after as the brooding dark eccentric. And third, the whole premise of the movie was just plain odd.
Kathleen Turner plays Peggy Sue, a divorced, middle aged and unhappy woman who goes to her high school reunion despite all her misgivings. At the reunion she faints, then wakes up back in time. She is once again in high school. She is given a chance to do it all over again.
The foundation of this movie was not odd, as it's been the theme of many sci fi and fantasy films past and present. There are a few funny moments with the typical fish out of water / anachronism humor (I also remembered going to my high school reunion and remarking that a lot of things they taught were so useless - You didn't take Honors English last year so you have to stay in the Special Ed English class! - You can't have study hall! Gym class is priority! - Take the science elective or you won't get into college!, etc.). She starts off the movie saying that had she known then what she knows now, she would have done things much differently. We all think that at one point or another. And she does do some things differently, like going for the mysterious poet she always admired from afar. But, she doesn't do things differently in the end. She is approached by the school nerd who would grow up to be a wealthy and successful man, and when he proposes that she change her destiny and marry him, she refuses. Peggy Sue said she wanted to go back to the present because she missed her kids. Missed her kids?! If she stayed in this time or went with someone else her kids wouldn't exist! She ends up with her husband, perhaps because of this reason, and essentially continues back down the same path.
That was a disappointment, a major disappointment. She goes back in time and doesn't affect the future in a positive way, except to afirm to herself that she is content being miserable in the present. And how about that weird scene with her grandparents and trying to send her back in time at the Shriners' convention? Too stupid for words. The best part of this movie was Nicholas Cage, in that it would spring board him into other roles and a successful movie career. Otherwise don't waste your time.
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